#4E1B5A#4E1B5A

#4E1B5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.117 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B5A
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 90)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 70%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 34.19, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 43.63, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0886 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.117 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3790, 3.1420, 9.9940)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B5A #275A1B

analogous

#2E1B5A #4E1B5A #5A1B46

triadic

#4E1B5A #5A4E1B #1B5A4E

tetradic

#4E1B5A #5A2E1B #275A1B #1B465A

square

#4E1B5A #5A2E1B #275A1B #1B465A

split-complementary

#4E1B5A #465A1B #1B5A2E

monochromatic

#140718 #250D2B #4E1B5A #772989 #A037B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#4E1B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B5A

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B5A	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.117 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c89',
    500: '#4e1b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b5a;
$custom-light: #825c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33032,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B5A

secondary

#509041

accent

#DD4B67

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B5A

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

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