#4E1E60#4E1E60

#4E1E60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.118 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E60
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.55, 34.04, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.55, 45.08, 319.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0845 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.118 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7171, 3.3930, 11.4178)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E60 #30601E

analogous

#2D1E60 #4E1E60 #601E51

triadic

#4E1E60 #604E1E #1E604E

tetradic

#4E1E60 #602D1E #30601E #1E5160

square

#4E1E60 #602D1E #30601E #1E5160

split-complementary

#4E1E60 #51601E #1E602D

monochromatic

#130717 #280F31 #4E1E60 #742D8F #9A3BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#4E1E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E1E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E60

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E60	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D355E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.118 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e8d',
    500: '#4e1e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e60;
$custom-light: #825e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33847,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E60

secondary

#5B9545

accent

#DC4C73

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E60

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

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