#4E1B5E#4E1B5E

#4E1B5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.121 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B5E
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 35.09, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 45.73, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.0885 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.121 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5539, 3.2119, 10.9149)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B5E #2B5E1B

analogous

#2C1B5E #4E1B5E #5E1B4C

triadic

#4E1B5E #5E4E1B #1B5E4E

tetradic

#4E1B5E #5E2C1B #2B5E1B #1B4C5E

square

#4E1B5E #5E2C1B #2B5E1B #1B4C5E

split-complementary

#4E1B5E #4C5E1B #1B5E2C

monochromatic

#140718 #270D2E #4E1B5E #75298E #9D36BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#4E1B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B5E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B5E	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.121 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8c',
    500: '#4e1b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b5e;
$custom-light: #825c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33313,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B5E

secondary

#559441

accent

#DF496D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B5E

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

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