#4E1C60#4E1C60

#4E1C60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.121 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C60
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 96)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 35.05, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 46.23, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0871 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.122 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6681, 3.2949, 11.4015)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C60 #2E601C

analogous

#2C1C60 #4E1C60 #601C50

triadic

#4E1C60 #604E1C #1C604E

tetradic

#4E1C60 #602C1C #2E601C #1C5060

square

#4E1C60 #602C1C #2E601C #1C5060

split-complementary

#4E1C60 #50601C #1C602C

monochromatic

#130718 #280E31 #4E1C60 #742A8F #9B38BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4E1C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E1C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C60

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C60	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.121 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c8d',
    500: '#4e1c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c60;
$custom-light: #825c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33584,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C60

secondary

#589542

accent

#DE4A71

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C60

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

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