#4E1B50#4E1B50

#4E1B50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.106 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B50
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 80)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 32.05, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 38.53, 326.28°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0883 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.106 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9817, 2.9831, 7.9013)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B50 #1D501B

analogous

#331B50 #4E1B50 #501B37

triadic

#4E1B50 #504E1B #1B504E

tetradic

#4E1B50 #50331B #1D501B #1B3750

square

#4E1B50 #50331B #1D501B #1B3750

split-complementary

#4E1B50 #37501B #1B5033

monochromatic

#160817 #210C22 #4E1B50 #7B2A7E #A73AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#4E1B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E1B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B50

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B50	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26334F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.106 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b81',
    500: '#4e1b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b50;
$custom-light: #825b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32375,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B50

secondary

#448641

accent

#D94F54

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B50

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

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