#4E1B57#4E1B57

#4E1B57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.113 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B57
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 87)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 69%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 33.53, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 42.08, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% 0.0886 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.113 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2539, 3.0920, 9.3350)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B57 #24571B

analogous

#301B57 #4E1B57 #571B42

triadic

#4E1B57 #574E1B #1B574E

tetradic

#4E1B57 #57301B #24571B #1B4257

square

#4E1B57 #57301B #24571B #1B4257

split-complementary

#4E1B57 #42571B #1B5730

monochromatic

#150717 #240D28 #4E1B57 #782986 #A238B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#4E1B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E1B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B57

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B57	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.113 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c87',
    500: '#4e1b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b57;
$custom-light: #825c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32828,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B57

secondary

#4C8D41

accent

#DC4C61

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B57

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

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