#4E2661#4E2661

#4E2661 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.106 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2661
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 97)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 29.89, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 40.64, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0733 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.106 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9923, 3.8692, 11.7381)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2661 #396126

analogous

#312661 #4E2661 #612657

triadic

#4E2661 #614E26 #26614E

tetradic

#4E2661 #613126 #396126 #265761

square

#4E2661 #613126 #396126 #265761

split-complementary

#4E2661 #576126 #266131

monochromatic

#120916 #2B1535 #4E2661 #71378D #944AB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4E2661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2661 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2661

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2661	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C303F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.106 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628e',
    500: '#4e2661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2661;
$custom-light: #81628e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.678,
    "s": 43.704,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3509,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2661

secondary

#65944F

accent

#D3547D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2661

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

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