#4E1A57#4E1A57

#4E1A57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.115 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A57
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 87)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.23, 34.03, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.23, 42.64, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% 0.09 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.115 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2314, 3.0469, 9.3275)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A57 #23571A

analogous

#301A57 #4E1A57 #571A41

triadic

#4E1A57 #574E1A #1A574E

tetradic

#4E1A57 #57301A #23571A #1A4157

square

#4E1A57 #57301A #23571A #1A4157

split-complementary

#4E1A57 #41571A #1A5730

monochromatic

#150718 #240C28 #4E1A57 #782886 #A236B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#4E1A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E1A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A57

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A57	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A2D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.115 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b87',
    500: '#4e1a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a57;
$custom-light: #825b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.327,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A57

secondary

#4B8D40

accent

#DD4A60

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A57

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

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