#4E155C#4E155C

#4E155C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.127 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E155C
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.76, 37.39, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.76, 47.81, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.47% 0.0958 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(32.47% 0.127 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3416, 2.9290, 10.4071)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E155C #235C15

analogous

#2B155C #4E155C #5C1547

triadic

#4E155C #5C4E15 #155C4E

tetradic

#4E155C #5C2B15 #235C15 #15475C

square

#4E155C #5C2B15 #235C15 #15475C

split-complementary

#4E155C #475C15 #155C2B

monochromatic

#150619 #240A2A #4E155C #78208E #A22CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#4E155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E155C

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E155C	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A325A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.127 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598a',
    500: '#4e155c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e155c;
$custom-light: #82598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32469,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E155C

secondary

#4B9339

accent

#E64262

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E155C

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

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