#4E1962#4E1962

#4E1962 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.128 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1962
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 98)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.82, 36.95, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.82, 48.92, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0907 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.128 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6938, 3.1970, 11.8701)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1962 #2D6219

analogous

#2A1962 #4E1962 #621952

triadic

#4E1962 #624E19 #19624E

tetradic

#4E1962 #622A19 #2D6219 #195262

square

#4E1962 #622A19 #2D6219 #195262

split-complementary

#4E1962 #526219 #19622A

monochromatic

#130618 #270D31 #4E1962 #752593 #9C32C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4E1962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1962 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1962

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1962	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.128 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b8f',
    500: '#4e1962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1962;
$custom-light: #825b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33363,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1962

secondary

#57983F

accent

#E34570

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1962

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