#4E1B5B#4E1B5B

#4E1B5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.118 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B5B
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 91)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 34.41, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 44.16, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(33.1% 0.0886 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(33.1% 0.118 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4219, 3.1591, 10.2197)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B5B #285B1B

analogous

#2E1B5B #4E1B5B #5B1B48

triadic

#4E1B5B #5B4E1B #1B5B4E

tetradic

#4E1B5B #5B2E1B #285B1B #1B485B

square

#4E1B5B #5B2E1B #285B1B #1B485B

split-complementary

#4E1B5B #485B1B #1B5B2E

monochromatic

#140718 #260D2C #4E1B5B #76298A #9F37B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#4E1B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B5B

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B5B	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.118 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8a',
    500: '#4e1b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b5b;
$custom-light: #825c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.813,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33102,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B5B

secondary

#519141

accent

#DE4A68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B5B

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

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