#4E1862#4E1862

#4E1862 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.129 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1862
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 98)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 37.41, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 49.44, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.0918 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.129 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6728, 3.1550, 11.8631)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1862 #2C6218

analogous

#291862 #4E1862 #621851

triadic

#4E1862 #624E18 #18624E

tetradic

#4E1862 #622918 #2C6218 #185162

square

#4E1862 #622918 #2C6218 #185162

split-complementary

#4E1862 #516218 #186229

monochromatic

#140619 #270C31 #4E1862 #752493 #9C30C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#4E1862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1862 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1862

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1862	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C273B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.129 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8f',
    500: '#4e1862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1862;
$custom-light: #825a8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33247,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1862

secondary

#56983E

accent

#E4446F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1862

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

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