#4E1E57#4E1E57

#4E1E57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.109 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E57
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 87)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 65.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 31.99, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 40.31, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0845 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.109 321)
XYZ	xyz(5.3263, 3.2366, 9.3592)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E57 #27571E

analogous

#311E57 #4E1E57 #571E43

triadic

#4E1E57 #574E1E #1E574E

tetradic

#4E1E57 #57311E #27571E #1E4357

square

#4E1E57 #57311E #27571E #1E4357

split-complementary

#4E1E57 #43571E #1E5731

monochromatic

#140817 #250E29 #4E1E57 #772E85 #A03DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4E1E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E57

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E57	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.109 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825d87',
    500: '#4e1e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e57;
$custom-light: #825d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33234,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.03236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E57

secondary

#508C45

accent

#D85065

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E57

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

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