#4E1B63#4E1B63

#4E1B63 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.126 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B63
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 99)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 36.23, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 48.39, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.68% 0.0882 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(33.68% 0.126 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7856, 3.3046, 12.1350)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B63 #30631B

analogous

#2A1B63 #4E1B63 #631B54

triadic

#4E1B63 #634E1B #1B634E

tetradic

#4E1B63 #632A1B #30631B #1B5463

square

#4E1B63 #632A1B #30631B #1B5463

split-complementary

#4E1B63 #54631B #1B632A

monochromatic

#130718 #280E33 #4E1B63 #742893 #9A35C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#4E1B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E1B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B63

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B63	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.126 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c90',
    500: '#4e1b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b63;
$custom-light: #825c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33678,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B63

secondary

#5B9841

accent

#E04774

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B63

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

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