#4E156A#4E156A

#4E156A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.141 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E156A
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.82, 40.52, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.82, 55.08, 317.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.0938 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.141 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0111, 3.1968, 13.9333)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E156A #316A15

analogous

#23156A #4E156A #6A155C

triadic

#4E156A #6A4E15 #156A4E

tetradic

#4E156A #6A2315 #316A15 #155C6A

square

#4E156A #6A2315 #316A15 #155C6A

split-complementary

#4E156A #5C6A15 #156A23

monochromatic

#13051A #280B37 #4E156A #741F9D #9929D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4E156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E156A

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E156A	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.141 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835995',
    500: '#4e156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e156a;
$custom-light: #835995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.235,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33555,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E156A

secondary

#5CA13A

accent

#EA3E77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E156A

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

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