#4E1961#4E1961

#4E1961 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.127 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1961
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 97)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 36.72, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 48.40, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.29% 0.0908 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(33.29% 0.127 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6468, 3.1782, 11.6230)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1961 #2C6119

analogous

#2A1961 #4E1961 #611950

triadic

#4E1961 #614E19 #19614E

tetradic

#4E1961 #612A19 #2C6119 #195061

square

#4E1961 #612A19 #2C6119 #195061

split-complementary

#4E1961 #506119 #19612A

monochromatic

#140618 #270C30 #4E1961 #752692 #9C32C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4E1961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1961 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1961

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1961	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18335F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D273B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.127 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b8e',
    500: '#4e1961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1961;
$custom-light: #825b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33288,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1961

secondary

#56973F

accent

#E2466F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1961

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