#4C155E#4C155E

#4C155E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.128 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C155E
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 37.36, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 48.84, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0929 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.128 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2687, 2.8812, 10.8661)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C155E #275E15

analogous

#27155E #4C155E #5E154C

triadic

#4C155E #5E4C15 #155E4C

tetradic

#4C155E #5E2715 #275E15 #154C5E

square

#4C155E #5E2715 #275E15 #154C5E

split-complementary

#4C155E #4C5E15 #155E27

monochromatic

#140619 #240A2C #4C155E #742090 #9D2BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4C155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4C155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C155E

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C155E	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.128 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81598c',
    500: '#4c155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c155e;
$custom-light: #81598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32308,
    "c": 0.12829,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C155E

secondary

#509539

accent

#E7416A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C155E

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