#4E156F#4E156F

#4E156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.146 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E156F
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 41.68, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 57.70, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0927 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.146 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2787, 3.3039, 15.3428)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E156F #366F15

analogous

#21156F #4E156F #6F1563

triadic

#4E156F #6F4E15 #156F4E

tetradic

#4E156F #6F2115 #366F15 #15636F

square

#4E156F #6F2115 #366F15 #15636F

split-complementary

#4E156F #636F15 #156F21

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3C #4E156F #721FA2 #9628D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#4E156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E156F

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E156F	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.146 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a99',
    500: '#4e156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e156f;
$custom-light: #845a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33969,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E156F

secondary

#62A53A

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E156F

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

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