#4E1A51#4E1A51

#4E1A51 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.109 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A51
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 81)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 67.9%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.85, 32.76, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.85, 39.61, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0898 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.109 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9964, 2.9529, 8.0898)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A51 #1D511A

analogous

#321A51 #4E1A51 #511A38

triadic

#4E1A51 #514E1A #1A514E

tetradic

#4E1A51 #51321A #1D511A #1A3851

square

#4E1A51 #51321A #1D511A #1A3851

split-complementary

#4E1A51 #38511A #1A5132

monochromatic

#160717 #210B23 #4E1A51 #7B297F #A738AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#4E1A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E1A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A51

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A51	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.109 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b82',
    500: '#4e1a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a51;
$custom-light: #825b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32306,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A51

secondary

#448740

accent

#DB4D55

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A51

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

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