#4E1C5B#4E1C5B

#4E1C5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.116 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C5B
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 91)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 33.91, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 43.59, 321.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0873 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.116 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4452, 3.2058, 10.2275)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C5B #295B1C

analogous

#2E1C5B #4E1C5B #5B1C48

triadic

#4E1C5B #5B4E1C #1C5B4E

tetradic

#4E1C5B #5B2E1C #295B1C #1C485B

square

#4E1C5B #5B2E1C #295B1C #1C485B

split-complementary

#4E1C5B #485B1C #1C5B2E

monochromatic

#140717 #260E2C #4E1C5B #762A8A #9E39B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#4E1C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1C5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C5B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C5B	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.116 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8a',
    500: '#4e1c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c5b;
$custom-light: #825c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33231,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C5B

secondary

#529042

accent

#DC4B69

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C5B

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

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