#4E157D#4E157D

#4E157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.161 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E157D
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 45.03, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 65.02, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0889 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.161 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1109, 3.6367, 19.7254)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E157D #447D15

analogous

#1A157D #4E157D #7D1578

triadic

#4E157D #7D4E15 #157D4E

tetradic

#4E157D #7D1A15 #447D15 #15787D

square

#4E157D #7D1A15 #447D15 #15787D

split-complementary

#4E157D #787D15 #157D1A

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C49 #4E157D #6F1EB1 #8E30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4E157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E157D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E157D	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.161 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba3',
    500: '#4e157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e157d;
$custom-light: #855ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35191,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E157D

secondary

#71B23C

accent

#EE3A8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E157D

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

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