#4E1B62#4E1B62

#4E1B62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.125 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B62
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 98)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.15, 36.00, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.15, 47.85, 318.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.0883 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.125 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7381, 3.2856, 11.8848)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B62 #2F621B

analogous

#2B1B62 #4E1B62 #621B53

triadic

#4E1B62 #624E1B #1B624E

tetradic

#4E1B62 #622B1B #2F621B #1B5362

square

#4E1B62 #622B1B #2F621B #1B5362

split-complementary

#4E1B62 #53621B #1B622B

monochromatic

#130718 #280E32 #4E1B62 #742892 #9A35C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#4E1B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E1B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B62

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B62	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.125 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8f',
    500: '#4e1b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b62;
$custom-light: #825c8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33604,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B62

secondary

#5A9841

accent

#E04873

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B62

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

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