#4E1960#4E1960

#4E1960 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.126 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1960
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 96)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 74%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 36.49, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 47.87, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.21% 0.0908 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(33.21% 0.126 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6005, 3.1597, 11.3789)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1960 #2B6019

analogous

#2A1960 #4E1960 #60194E

triadic

#4E1960 #604E19 #19604E

tetradic

#4E1960 #602A19 #2B6019 #194E60

square

#4E1960 #602A19 #2B6019 #194E60

split-complementary

#4E1960 #4E6019 #19602A

monochromatic

#140618 #270C2F #4E1960 #752691 #9D32C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#4E1960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1960

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1960	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19335E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.126 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b8e',
    500: '#4e1960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1960;
$custom-light: #825b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.789,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33214,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1960

secondary

#55963F

accent

#E2466D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

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