#4E2860#4E2860

#4E2860 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.102 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2860
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 96)
HSL	hsl(281, 41%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 28.47, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 38.75, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0702 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.102 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0116, 3.9820, 11.5160)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.54

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2860 #3A6028

analogous

#322860 #4E2860 #602856

triadic

#4E2860 #604E28 #28604E

tetradic

#4E2860 #603228 #3A6028 #285660

square

#4E2860 #603228 #3A6028 #285660

split-complementary

#4E2860 #566028 #286032

monochromatic

#120916 #2B1635 #4E2860 #713A8B #944DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E2860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2860 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2860

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2860	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26395F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.102 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648d',
    500: '#4e2860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2860;
$custom-light: #81648d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35347,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2860

secondary

#669351

accent

#D1577E

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2860

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

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