#4E185F#4E185F

#4E185F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.126 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E185F
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 95)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 36.73, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 47.87, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.0921 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.126 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5338, 3.0994, 11.1310)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E185F #295F18

analogous

#2A185F #4E185F #5F184C

triadic

#4E185F #5F4E18 #185F4E

tetradic

#4E185F #5F2A18 #295F18 #184C5F

square

#4E185F #5F2A18 #295F18 #184C5F

split-complementary

#4E185F #4C5F18 #185F2A

monochromatic

#140618 #260C2E #4E185F #762490 #9E31C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#4E185F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E185F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E185F

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E185F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E185F	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19335D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e185f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.126 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8d',
    500: '#4e185f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e185f;
$custom-light: #825a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e185f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33023,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E185F

secondary

#52953D

accent

#E3456B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E185F

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

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