#4E156C#4E156C

#4E156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.143 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E156C
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 40.98, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 56.13, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0933 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.143 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1163, 3.2389, 14.4874)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E156C #336C15

analogous

#22156C #4E156C #6C155F

triadic

#4E156C #6C4E15 #156C4E

tetradic

#4E156C #6C2215 #336C15 #155F6C

square

#4E156C #6C2215 #336C15 #155F6C

split-complementary

#4E156C #5F6C15 #156C22

monochromatic

#13051A #290B39 #4E156C #731F9F #9829D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#4E156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E156C

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E156C	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.143 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4e156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e156c;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33719,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E156C

secondary

#5EA33A

accent

#EA3D79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E156C

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

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