#4E1861#4E1861

#4E1861 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.128 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1861
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 97)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 37.18, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 48.91, 319.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0919 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.128 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6258, 3.1362, 11.6160)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1861 #2B6118

analogous

#291861 #4E1861 #61184F

triadic

#4E1861 #614E18 #18614E

tetradic

#4E1861 #612918 #2B6118 #184F61

square

#4E1861 #612918 #2B6118 #184F61

split-complementary

#4E1861 #4F6118 #186129

monochromatic

#140619 #270C30 #4E1861 #752492 #9D30C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4E1861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1861 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1861

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1861	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17335F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.128 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8e',
    500: '#4e1861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1861;
$custom-light: #825a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33172,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1861

secondary

#55973D

accent

#E3446E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1861

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

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