#4E157A#4E157A

#4E157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.158 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E157A
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 44.30, -45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 63.46, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0898 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.158 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9221, 3.5612, 18.7313)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E157A #417A15

analogous

#1B157A #4E157A #7A1573

triadic

#4E157A #7A4E15 #157A4E

tetradic

#4E157A #7A1B15 #417A15 #15737A

square

#4E157A #7A1B15 #417A15 #15737A

split-complementary

#4E157A #737A15 #157A1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2D0C46 #4E157A #6F1EAE #902EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#4E157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E157A

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E157A	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.158 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa1',
    500: '#4e157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e157a;
$custom-light: #855aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34922,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E157A

secondary

#6EAF3B

accent

#ED3A88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E157A

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

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