#4E2960#4E2960

#4E2960 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.100 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2960
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 96)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 57%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 57.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 27.88, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 38.07, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0687 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.1 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0458, 4.0503, 11.5274)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.83

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2960 #3B6029

analogous

#332960 #4E2960 #602957

triadic

#4E2960 #604E29 #29604E

tetradic

#4E2960 #603329 #3B6029 #295760

square

#4E2960 #603329 #3B6029 #295760

split-complementary

#4E2960 #576029 #296033

monochromatic

#110915 #2B1735 #4E2960 #713B8B #934FB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4E2960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2960

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2960	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.100 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648d',
    500: '#4e2960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2960;
$custom-light: #81648d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 40.146,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35512,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2960

secondary

#679352

accent

#D0587F

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2960

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

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