#4E157C#4E157C

#4E157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.160 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E157C
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 44.79, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 64.50, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0892 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.16 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0473, 3.6113, 19.3907)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E157C #437C15

analogous

#1B157C #4E157C #7C1576

triadic

#4E157C #7C4E15 #157C4E

tetradic

#4E157C #7C1B15 #437C15 #15767C

square

#4E157C #7C1B15 #437C15 #15767C

split-complementary

#4E157C #767C15 #157C1B

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C48 #4E157C #6F1EB0 #8F30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4E157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E157C

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E157C	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.160 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba3',
    500: '#4e157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e157c;
$custom-light: #855ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35101,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E157C

secondary

#70B13C

accent

#EE3A8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E157C

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