#4E1B61#4E1B61

#4E1B61 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.124 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B61
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 97)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 35.77, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 47.32, 319.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.53% 0.0883 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(33.53% 0.124 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6911, 3.2668, 11.6377)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B61 #2E611B

analogous

#2B1B61 #4E1B61 #611B51

triadic

#4E1B61 #614E1B #1B614E

tetradic

#4E1B61 #612B1B #2E611B #1B5161

square

#4E1B61 #612B1B #2E611B #1B5161

split-complementary

#4E1B61 #51611B #1B612B

monochromatic

#130718 #280E31 #4E1B61 #742891 #9B36C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#4E1B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B61

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B61	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A345F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.124 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8e',
    500: '#4e1b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b61;
$custom-light: #825c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3353,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B61

secondary

#589741

accent

#E04871

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B61

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

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