#4E1A59#4E1A59

#4E1A59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.117 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A59
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 34.46, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 43.67, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0899 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.117 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3142, 3.0800, 9.7638)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A59 #25591A

analogous

#2F1A59 #4E1A59 #591A44

triadic

#4E1A59 #594E1A #1A594E

tetradic

#4E1A59 #592F1A #25591A #1A4459

square

#4E1A59 #592F1A #25591A #1A4459

split-complementary

#4E1A59 #44591A #1A592F

monochromatic

#150718 #240C2A #4E1A59 #782888 #A136B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#4E1A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E1A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A59

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A59	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.117 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b88',
    500: '#4e1a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a59;
$custom-light: #825b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32837,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A59

secondary

#4E8F40

accent

#DE4A64

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A59

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

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