#4E1B4D#4E1B4D

#4E1B4D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.103 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B4D
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 77)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.80, 31.44, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.80, 37.07, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.19% 0.088 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(32.19% 0.103 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8733, 2.9397, 7.3305)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B4D #1B4E1C

analogous

#351B4E #4E1B4D #4E1B33

triadic

#4E1B4D #4D4E1B #1B4D4E

tetradic

#4E1B4D #4E351B #1B4E1C #1B334E

square

#4E1B4D #4E351B #1B4E1C #1B334E

split-complementary

#4E1B4D #334E1B #1B4E35

monochromatic

#170816 #210B20 #4E1B4D #7B2B7A #A93AA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#4E1B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E1B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B4D

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B4D	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27324C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.103 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b7f',
    500: '#4e1b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b4d;
$custom-light: #815b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.176,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3219,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B4D

secondary

#418442

accent

#D85250

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B4D

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

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