#4E158F#4E158F

#4E158F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.179 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E158F
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 85.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 49.46, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 74.30, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0827 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.179 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3667, 4.1390, 26.3394)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E158F #568F15

analogous

#15198F #4E158F #8B158F

triadic

#4E158F #8F4E15 #158F4E

tetradic

#4E158F #8F1519 #568F15 #158F8B

square

#4E158F #8F1519 #568F15 #158F8B

split-complementary

#4E158F #8F8B15 #198F15

monochromatic

#140524 #310D5A #4E158F #6B1DC4 #8A3CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4E158F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E158F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E158F

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E158F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E158F	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e158f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.179 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cb1',
    500: '#4e158f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e158f;
$custom-light: #875cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e158f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.033,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36882,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E158F

secondary

#84C23E

accent

#F1379A

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E158F

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

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