#4E2163#4E2163

#4E2163 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.117 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2163
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 99)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.33, 33.17, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.33, 44.92, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0804 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.117 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9375, 3.6084, 12.1857)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2163 #366321

analogous

#2D2163 #4E2163 #632157

triadic

#4E2163 #634E21 #21634E

tetradic

#4E2163 #632D21 #366321 #215763

square

#4E2163 #632D21 #366321 #215763

split-complementary

#4E2163 #576321 #21632D

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1235 #4E2163 #723091 #9640BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4E2163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E2163 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2163

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2163	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.117 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f90',
    500: '#4e2163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2163;
$custom-light: #825f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34475,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2163

secondary

#629749

accent

#DA4E7B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2163

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

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