#4E1B65#4E1B65

#4E1B65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.128 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B65
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 101)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.37, 36.70, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.37, 49.45, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.088 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.128 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8824, 3.3433, 12.6449)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B65 #32651B

analogous

#291B65 #4E1B65 #651B57

triadic

#4E1B65 #654E1B #1B654E

tetradic

#4E1B65 #65291B #32651B #1B5765

square

#4E1B65 #65291B #32651B #1B5765

split-complementary

#4E1B65 #57651B #1B6529

monochromatic

#130618 #290E35 #4E1B65 #732895 #9935C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4E1B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E1B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B65

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B65	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.128 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c91',
    500: '#4e1b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b65;
$custom-light: #825c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33828,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B65

secondary

#5D9A41

accent

#E14777

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B65

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

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