#4E1F59#4E1F59

#4E1F59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.109 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F59
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 65.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.29, 31.91, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.29, 40.75, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.0831 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.109 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4348, 3.3212, 9.8040)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F59 #2A591F

analogous

#311F59 #4E1F59 #591F47

triadic

#4E1F59 #594E1F #1F594E

tetradic

#4E1F59 #59311F #2A591F #1F4759

square

#4E1F59 #59311F #2A591F #1F4759

split-complementary

#4E1F59 #47591F #1F5931

monochromatic

#140817 #260F2C #4E1F59 #762F86 #9E3FB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#4E1F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E1F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F59

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F59	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.109 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e88',
    500: '#4e1f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f59;
$custom-light: #825e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.621,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33506,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F59

secondary

#548E46

accent

#D8506A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F59

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

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