#4E1C59#4E1C59

#4E1C59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.114 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C59
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 68.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 33.47, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 42.54, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.09% 0.0873 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(33.09% 0.114 320)
XYZ	xyz(5.3601, 3.1717, 9.7791)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C59 #27591C

analogous

#2F1C59 #4E1C59 #591C45

triadic

#4E1C59 #594E1C #1C594E

tetradic

#4E1C59 #592F1C #27591C #1C4559

square

#4E1C59 #592F1C #27591C #1C4559

split-complementary

#4E1C59 #45591C #1C592F

monochromatic

#140717 #250D2A #4E1C59 #772B88 #A039B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4E1C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E1C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C59

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C59	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.114 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c88',
    500: '#4e1c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c59;
$custom-light: #825c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.18,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33094,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.03171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C59

secondary

#508F42

accent

#DC4C66

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C59

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

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