#4E155A#4E155A

#4E155A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.125 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E155A
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 90)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 36.96, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 46.79, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.32% 0.096 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(32.32% 0.125 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2553, 2.8945, 9.9528)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E155A #215A15

analogous

#2C155A #4E155A #5A1544

triadic

#4E155A #5A4E15 #155A4E

tetradic

#4E155A #5A2C15 #215A15 #15445A

square

#4E155A #5A2C15 #215A15 #15445A

split-complementary

#4E155A #445A15 #155A2C

monochromatic

#160619 #230928 #4E155A #79218C #A42CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#4E155A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E155A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E155A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E155A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E155A	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e155a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.125 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825989',
    500: '#4e155a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e155a;
$custom-light: #825989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e155a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32324,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E155A

secondary

#499239

accent

#E5435F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E155A

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

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