#4E156D#4E156D

#4E156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.144 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E156D
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 41.22, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 56.65, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.8% 0.0931 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(33.8% 0.144 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1698, 3.2603, 14.7693)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E156D #346D15

analogous

#22156D #4E156D #6D1560

triadic

#4E156D #6D4E15 #156D4E

tetradic

#4E156D #6D2215 #346D15 #15606D

square

#4E156D #6D2215 #346D15 #15606D

split-complementary

#4E156D #606D15 #156D22

monochromatic

#12051A #290B3A #4E156D #731FA0 #9729D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4E156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E156D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E156D	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.144 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4e156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e156d;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.864,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33802,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E156D

secondary

#5FA33A

accent

#EB3D7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E156D

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

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