#4E1B59#4E1B59

#4E1B59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.116 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B59
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.54, 33.97, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.54, 43.11, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% 0.0886 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.116 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3368, 3.1251, 9.7713)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B59 #26591B

analogous

#2F1B59 #4E1B59 #591B45

triadic

#4E1B59 #594E1B #1B594E

tetradic

#4E1B59 #592F1B #26591B #1B4559

square

#4E1B59 #592F1B #26591B #1B4559

split-complementary

#4E1B59 #45591B #1B592F

monochromatic

#150717 #250D2A #4E1B59 #772988 #A037B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#4E1B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B59

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B59	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.116 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c88',
    500: '#4e1b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b59;
$custom-light: #825c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.355,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32964,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B59

secondary

#4F8F41

accent

#DD4B65

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B59

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

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