#4E1A5E#4E1A5E

#4E1A5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.122 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A5E
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 94)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 72.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.70, 35.57, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.70, 46.28, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% 0.0898 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.122 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5314, 3.1669, 10.9074)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A5E #2A5E1A

analogous

#2C1A5E #4E1A5E #5E1A4C

triadic

#4E1A5E #5E4E1A #1A5E4E

tetradic

#4E1A5E #5E2C1A #2A5E1A #1A4C5E

square

#4E1A5E #5E2C1A #2A5E1A #1A4C5E

split-complementary

#4E1A5E #4C5E1A #1A5E2C

monochromatic

#140718 #260D2E #4E1A5E #76278E #9E35BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#4E1A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A5E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A5E	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C335C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.122 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b8c',
    500: '#4e1a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a5e;
$custom-light: #825b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33189,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A5E

secondary

#549440

accent

#E0486C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A5E

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

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