#4E1B60#4E1B60

#4E1B60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.123 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B60
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.01, 35.54, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.01, 46.79, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.46% 0.0884 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(33.46% 0.123 316)
XYZ	xyz(5.6448, 3.2483, 11.3937)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B60 #2D601B

analogous

#2C1B60 #4E1B60 #601B50

triadic

#4E1B60 #604E1B #1B604E

tetradic

#4E1B60 #602C1B #2D601B #1B5060

square

#4E1B60 #602C1B #2D601B #1B5060

split-complementary

#4E1B60 #50601B #1B602C

monochromatic

#130718 #270E30 #4E1B60 #752890 #9C36C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#4E1B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B60

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B60	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B345E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.123 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8d',
    500: '#4e1b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b60;
$custom-light: #825c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33457,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.03248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B60

secondary

#579641

accent

#DF4870

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B60

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

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