#4E195E#4E195E

#4E195E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.124 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E195E
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 94)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 73.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.53, 36.05, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.53, 46.82, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.07% 0.091 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(33.07% 0.124 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5096, 3.1233, 10.9001)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E195E #295E19

analogous

#2B195E #4E195E #5E194B

triadic

#4E195E #5E4E19 #195E4E

tetradic

#4E195E #5E2B19 #295E19 #194B5E

square

#4E195E #5E2B19 #295E19 #194B5E

split-complementary

#4E195E #4B5E19 #195E2B

monochromatic

#140618 #260C2E #4E195E #76268E #9E33BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#4E195E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E195E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E195E

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E195E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E195E	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B335C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e195e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.124 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b8c',
    500: '#4e195e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e195e;
$custom-light: #825b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e195e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33068,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E195E

secondary

#52943F

accent

#E1476A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E195E

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

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