#4E158D#4E158D

#4E158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.177 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E158D
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 48.97, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 73.27, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0834 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.177 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2165, 4.0790, 25.5486)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E158D #548D15

analogous

#15188D #4E158D #8A158D

triadic

#4E158D #8D4E15 #158D4E

tetradic

#4E158D #8D1518 #548D15 #158D8A

square

#4E158D #8D1518 #548D15 #158D8A

split-complementary

#4E158D #8D8A15 #188D15

monochromatic

#130522 #310D58 #4E158D #6B1DC2 #8A3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4E158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E158D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E158D	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.177 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875caf',
    500: '#4e158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e158d;
$custom-light: #875caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36688,
    "c": 0.17705,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E158D

secondary

#82C13D

accent

#F13799

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E158D

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

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