#4E2161#4E2161

#4E2161 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.115 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2161
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 97)
HSL	hsl(282, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 66%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 66%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 32.69, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 43.83, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0804 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.115 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8431, 3.5707, 11.6884)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2161 #346121

analogous

#2E2161 #4E2161 #612154

triadic

#4E2161 #614E21 #21614E

tetradic

#4E2161 #612E21 #346121 #215461

square

#4E2161 #612E21 #346121 #215461

split-complementary

#4E2161 #546121 #21612E

monochromatic

#120817 #291133 #4E2161 #73318F #9740BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E2161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E2161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2161

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2161	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.115 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8e',
    500: '#4e2161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2161;
$custom-light: #825f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.188,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34335,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2161

secondary

#5F9549

accent

#D94F78

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2161

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

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