#4E157B#4E157B

#4E157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.159 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E157B
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 44.54, -45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 63.98, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0895 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.159 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9844, 3.5861, 19.0593)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E157B #427B15

analogous

#1B157B #4E157B #7B1575

triadic

#4E157B #7B4E15 #157B4E

tetradic

#4E157B #7B1B15 #427B15 #15757B

square

#4E157B #7B1B15 #427B15 #15757B

split-complementary

#4E157B #757B15 #157B1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2D0C47 #4E157B #6F1EAF #8F2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4E157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E157B

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E157B	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.159 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa2',
    500: '#4e157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e157b;
$custom-light: #855aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35011,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E157B

secondary

#6FB03B

accent

#EE3A89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E157B

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

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