#4E1B5C#4E1B5C

#4E1B5C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.119 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B5C
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 92)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 34.64, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 44.68, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0886 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.119 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4653, 3.1765, 10.4484)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B5C #295C1B

analogous

#2D1B5C #4E1B5C #5C1B49

triadic

#4E1B5C #5C4E1B #1B5C4E

tetradic

#4E1B5C #5C2D1B #295C1B #1B495C

square

#4E1B5C #5C2D1B #295C1B #1B495C

split-complementary

#4E1B5C #495C1B #1B5C2D

monochromatic

#140718 #260D2D #4E1B5C #76298B #9E37BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4E1B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B5C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B5C	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E345A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.119 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8a',
    500: '#4e1b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b5c;
$custom-light: #825c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33172,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B5C

secondary

#529241

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B5C

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

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