#4E185A#4E185A

#4E185A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.121 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E185A
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 35.63, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 45.27, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% 0.0924 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.121 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3138, 3.0114, 9.9722)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E185A #245A18

analogous

#2D185A #4E185A #5A1845

triadic

#4E185A #5A4E18 #185A4E

tetradic

#4E185A #5A2D18 #245A18 #18455A

square

#4E185A #5A2D18 #245A18 #18455A

split-complementary

#4E185A #455A18 #185A2D

monochromatic

#150618 #240B2A #4E185A #78258A #A232BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#4E185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E185A

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E185A	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.121 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a89',
    500: '#4e185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e185a;
$custom-light: #825a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32662,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E185A

secondary

#4C913D

accent

#E14763

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E185A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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