#4E157F#4E157F

#4E157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.163 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E157F
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 45.52, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 66.06, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0882 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.163 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2399, 3.6883, 20.4051)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E157F #467F15

analogous

#19157F #4E157F #7F157B

triadic

#4E157F #7F4E15 #157F4E

tetradic

#4E157F #7F1915 #467F15 #157B7F

square

#4E157F #7F1915 #467F15 #157B7F

split-complementary

#4E157F #7B7F15 #157F19

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4A #4E157F #6E1EB4 #8E31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E157F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E157F	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.163 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba5',
    500: '#4e157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e157f;
$custom-light: #855ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35373,
    "c": 0.16269,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E157F

secondary

#73B43C

accent

#EE398D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E157F

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

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