#4E2164#4E2164

#4E2164 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.118 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2164
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 100)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 67%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 33.41, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 45.46, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0804 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.118 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9856, 3.6277, 12.4390)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2164 #376421

analogous

#2C2164 #4E2164 #642158

triadic

#4E2164 #644E21 #21644E

tetradic

#4E2164 #642C21 #376421 #215864

square

#4E2164 #642C21 #376421 #215864

split-complementary

#4E2164 #586421 #21642C

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1236 #4E2164 #723092 #9640C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E2164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2164 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2164

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2164	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.118 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f90',
    500: '#4e2164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2164;
$custom-light: #825f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34546,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2164

secondary

#639849

accent

#DA4E7C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2164

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

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