#4B155E#4B155E

#4B155E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.128 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B155E
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 37.13, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 48.85, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(32.15% 0.0914 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(32.15% 0.128 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1899, 2.8405, 10.8624)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B155E #285E15

analogous

#27155E #4B155E #5E154C

triadic

#4B155E #5E4B15 #155E4B

tetradic

#4B155E #5E2715 #285E15 #154C5E

square

#4B155E #5E2715 #285E15 #154C5E

split-complementary

#4B155E #4C5E15 #155E27

monochromatic

#140619 #230A2C #4B155E #732090 #9B2BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#4B155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4B155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B155E

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B155E	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14305C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.128 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80588c',
    500: '#4b155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b155e;
$custom-light: #80588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32154,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B155E

secondary

#519539

accent

#E7416C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B155E

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

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