#4E1C57#4E1C57

#4E1C57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.112 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C57
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 87)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.59, 33.03, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.59, 41.50, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% 0.0873 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.112 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2772, 3.1386, 9.3428)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C57 #25571C

analogous

#301C57 #4E1C57 #571C43

triadic

#4E1C57 #574E1C #1C574E

tetradic

#4E1C57 #57301C #25571C #1C4357

square

#4E1C57 #57301C #25571C #1C4357

split-complementary

#4E1C57 #43571C #1C5730

monochromatic

#150717 #240D29 #4E1C57 #782B85 #A13AB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#4E1C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1C57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C57

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C57	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E2E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.112 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c87',
    500: '#4e1c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c57;
$custom-light: #825c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.847,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3296,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C57

secondary

#4E8D42

accent

#DB4D63

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C57

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