#4E1B5D#4E1B5D

#4E1B5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.120 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B5D
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 93)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 71%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.81, 34.86, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.81, 45.21, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.0886 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.12 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5093, 3.1941, 10.6801)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B5D #2A5D1B

analogous

#2D1B5D #4E1B5D #5D1B4B

triadic

#4E1B5D #5D4E1B #1B5D4E

tetradic

#4E1B5D #5D2D1B #2A5D1B #1B4B5D

square

#4E1B5D #5D2D1B #2A5D1B #1B4B5D

split-complementary

#4E1B5D #4B5D1B #1B5D2D

monochromatic

#140718 #260D2E #4E1B5D #76298C #9E37BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4E1B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B5D

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B5D	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.120 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8b',
    500: '#4e1b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b5d;
$custom-light: #825c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33242,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B5D

secondary

#549341

accent

#DE496B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B5D

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

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