#4E156E#4E156E

#4E156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.145 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E156E
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 41.45, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 57.18, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0929 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.145 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2240, 3.2820, 15.0544)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E156E #356E15

analogous

#21156E #4E156E #6E1561

triadic

#4E156E #6E4E15 #156E4E

tetradic

#4E156E #6E2115 #356E15 #15616E

square

#4E156E #6E2115 #356E15 #15616E

split-complementary

#4E156E #616E15 #156E21

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3B #4E156E #721FA1 #9729D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#4E156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E156E

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E156E	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.145 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a98',
    500: '#4e156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e156e;
$custom-light: #845a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.427,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33885,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E156E

secondary

#61A43A

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E156E

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

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