#4E2160#4E2160

#4E2160 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.114 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2160
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 96)
HSL	hsl(283, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 66%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 32.45, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 43.28, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.0804 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.114 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7967, 3.5521, 11.4443)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2160 #336021

analogous

#2E2160 #4E2160 #602152

triadic

#4E2160 #604E21 #21604E

tetradic

#4E2160 #602E21 #336021 #215260

square

#4E2160 #602E21 #336021 #215260

split-complementary

#4E2160 #526021 #21602E

monochromatic

#130817 #291132 #4E2160 #73318E #9840BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4E2160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E2160 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2160

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2160	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.114 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8d',
    500: '#4e2160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2160;
$custom-light: #825f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34266,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2160

secondary

#5E9449

accent

#D84F77

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2160

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

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