#4E1C5A#4E1C5A

#4E1C5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.115 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C5A
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 90)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.78, 33.69, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.78, 43.06, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0873 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.115 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4024, 3.1886, 10.0018)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C5A #285A1C

analogous

#2F1C5A #4E1C5A #5A1C47

triadic

#4E1C5A #5A4E1C #1C5A4E

tetradic

#4E1C5A #5A2F1C #285A1C #1C475A

square

#4E1C5A #5A2F1C #285A1C #1C475A

split-complementary

#4E1C5A #475A1C #1C5A2F

monochromatic

#140717 #260D2B #4E1C5A #762B89 #9F39B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4E1C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C5A

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C5A	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.115 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c89',
    500: '#4e1c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c5a;
$custom-light: #825c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33163,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C5A

secondary

#518F42

accent

#DC4C68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C5A

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

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