#4E215B#4E215B

#4E215B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.108 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E215B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 91)
HSL	hsl(287, 47%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 31.28, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 40.58, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0803 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.108 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5738, 3.4630, 10.2703)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.72

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E215B #2E5B21

analogous

#31215B #4E215B #5B214B

triadic

#4E215B #5B4E21 #215B4E

tetradic

#4E215B #5B3121 #2E5B21 #214B5B

square

#4E215B #5B3121 #2E5B21 #214B5B

split-complementary

#4E215B #4B5B21 #215B31

monochromatic

#130816 #28112E #4E215B #743188 #9B42B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4E215B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E215B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E215B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E215B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E215B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12315D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e215b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.108 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f8a',
    500: '#4e215b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e215b;
$custom-light: #815f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e215b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33928,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E215B

secondary

#588F49

accent

#D6516F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E215B

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

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