#4E1860#4E1860

#4E1860 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.127 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1860
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 96)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 75%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 36.95, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 48.39, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.1% 0.092 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(33.1% 0.127 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5795, 3.1177, 11.3719)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1860 #2A6018

analogous

#2A1860 #4E1860 #60184E

triadic

#4E1860 #604E18 #18604E

tetradic

#4E1860 #602A18 #2A6018 #184E60

square

#4E1860 #602A18 #2A6018 #184E60

split-complementary

#4E1860 #4E6018 #18602A

monochromatic

#140618 #260C2F #4E1860 #762491 #9E30C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#4E1860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E1860 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1860

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1860	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18335E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.127 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8e',
    500: '#4e1860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1860;
$custom-light: #825a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33097,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1860

secondary

#54963D

accent

#E3456C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1860

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

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