#4E1A63#4E1A63

#4E1A63 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.128 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A63
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 99)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 36.71, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 48.92, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.0894 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.128 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7630, 3.2595, 12.1275)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A63 #2F631A

analogous

#2A1A63 #4E1A63 #631A54

triadic

#4E1A63 #634E1A #1A634E

tetradic

#4E1A63 #632A1A #2F631A #1A5463

square

#4E1A63 #632A1A #2F631A #1A5463

split-complementary

#4E1A63 #54631A #1A632A

monochromatic

#130618 #280D33 #4E1A63 #742793 #9A33C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4E1A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A63

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A63	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.128 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c90',
    500: '#4e1a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a63;
$custom-light: #825c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33556,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A63

secondary

#5A9940

accent

#E24673

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A63

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

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