#4E155F#4E155F

#4E155F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.130 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E155F
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 95)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.97, 38.05, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.97, 49.35, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% 0.0955 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.13 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4753, 2.9825, 11.1115)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E155F #265F15

analogous

#29155F #4E155F #5F154B

triadic

#4E155F #5F4E15 #155F4E

tetradic

#4E155F #5F2915 #265F15 #154B5F

square

#4E155F #5F2915 #265F15 #154B5F

split-complementary

#4E155F #4B5F15 #155F29

monochromatic

#150619 #250A2D #4E155F #772091 #A02BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#4E155F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E155F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E155F

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E155F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E155F	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17325D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e155f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.130 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598d',
    500: '#4e155f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e155f;
$custom-light: #82598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e155f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.216,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32693,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E155F

secondary

#4F963A

accent

#E74167

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E155F

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

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