#4E1B51#4E1B51

#4E1B51 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.107 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B51
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 81)
HSL	hsl(297, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.04, 32.26, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.04, 39.03, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(32.44% 0.0884 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(32.44% 0.107 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0189, 2.9979, 8.0973)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B51 #1E511B

analogous

#331B51 #4E1B51 #511B39

triadic

#4E1B51 #514E1B #1B514E

tetradic

#4E1B51 #51331B #1E511B #1B3951

square

#4E1B51 #51331B #1E511B #1B3951

split-complementary

#4E1B51 #39511B #1B5133

monochromatic

#160817 #220C23 #4E1B51 #7A2A7F #A63AAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#4E1B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E1B51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B51

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B51	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.107 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b82',
    500: '#4e1b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b51;
$custom-light: #825b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32438,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B51

secondary

#458741

accent

#DA4E56

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B51

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

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