#4E195B#4E195B

#4E195B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.121 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E195B
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 91)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.32, 35.38, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.32, 45.26, 321.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.85% 0.0912 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(32.85% 0.121 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3776, 3.0705, 10.2049)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E195B #265B19

analogous

#2D195B #4E195B #5B1947

triadic

#4E195B #5B4E19 #195B4E

tetradic

#4E195B #5B2D19 #265B19 #19475B

square

#4E195B #5B2D19 #265B19 #19475B

split-complementary

#4E195B #475B19 #195B2D

monochromatic

#150718 #250C2B #4E195B #77268B #A033BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#4E195B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E195B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E195B

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E195B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E195B	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e195b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.121 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b8a',
    500: '#4e195b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e195b;
$custom-light: #825b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e195b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32853,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E195B

secondary

#4F913F

accent

#E04866

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E195B

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

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