#4E155E#4E155E

#4E155E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.129 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E155E
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.90, 37.83, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.90, 48.84, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0956 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.129 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4301, 2.9644, 10.8737)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E155E #255E15

analogous

#29155E #4E155E #5E154A

triadic

#4E155E #5E4E15 #155E4E

tetradic

#4E155E #5E2915 #255E15 #154A5E

square

#4E155E #5E2915 #255E15 #154A5E

split-complementary

#4E155E #4A5E15 #155E29

monochromatic

#150619 #240A2C #4E155E #782090 #A12BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#4E155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E155E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E155E	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18325C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.129 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598c',
    500: '#4e155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e155e;
$custom-light: #82598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32618,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E155E

secondary

#4E9539

accent

#E74166

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E155E

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

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