#4E155B#4E155B

#4E155B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.126 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E155B
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 91)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.69, 37.18, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.69, 47.30, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.4% 0.0959 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(32.4% 0.126 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2981, 2.9116, 10.1784)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E155B #225B15

analogous

#2B155B #4E155B #5B1545

triadic

#4E155B #5B4E15 #155B4E

tetradic

#4E155B #5B2B15 #225B15 #15455B

square

#4E155B #5B2B15 #225B15 #15455B

split-complementary

#4E155B #455B15 #155B2B

monochromatic

#150619 #230A29 #4E155B #79208D #A32CBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#4E155B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E155B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E155B

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E155B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E155B	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e155b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.126 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598a',
    500: '#4e155b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e155b;
$custom-light: #82598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e155b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32396,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E155B

secondary

#4A9239

accent

#E64261

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E155B

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

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