#4E1959#4E1959

#4E1959 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.119 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1959
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 71.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.19, 34.94, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.19, 44.22, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.71% 0.0912 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(32.71% 0.119 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2925, 3.0365, 9.7566)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1959 #245919

analogous

#2E1959 #4E1959 #591944

triadic

#4E1959 #594E19 #19594E

tetradic

#4E1959 #592E19 #245919 #194459

square

#4E1959 #592E19 #245919 #194459

split-complementary

#4E1959 #445919 #19592E

monochromatic

#150718 #240C29 #4E1959 #782689 #A234B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#4E1959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E1959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1959

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1959	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.119 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b88',
    500: '#4e1959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1959;
$custom-light: #825b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.688,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32713,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1959

secondary

#4C8F3E

accent

#DF4862

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1959

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

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