#4E195A#4E195A

#4E195A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.120 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E195A
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 90)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 35.16, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 44.74, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(32.78% 0.0912 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(32.78% 0.12 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3347, 3.0534, 9.9792)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E195A #255A19

analogous

#2D195A #4E195A #5A1946

triadic

#4E195A #5A4E19 #195A4E

tetradic

#4E195A #5A2D19 #255A19 #19465A

square

#4E195A #5A2D19 #255A19 #19465A

split-complementary

#4E195A #465A19 #195A2D

monochromatic

#150718 #240C2A #4E195A #78268A #A134BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#4E195A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E195A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E195A

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E195A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E195A	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e195a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.120 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b89',
    500: '#4e195a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e195a;
$custom-light: #825b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e195a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32782,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E195A

secondary

#4E903E

accent

#E04864

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E195A

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

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