#4E159E#4E159E

#4E159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.194 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E159E
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 53.22, -62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 81.85, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0769 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.194 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5799, 4.6243, 32.7289)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E159E #659E15

analogous

#15209E #4E159E #93159E

triadic

#4E159E #9E4E15 #159E4E

tetradic

#4E159E #9E1520 #659E15 #159E93

square

#4E159E #9E1520 #659E15 #159E93

split-complementary

#4E159E #9E9315 #209E15

monochromatic

#190732 #330E68 #4E159E #691CD4 #8947E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4E159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E159E

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E159E	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.194 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895dbc',
    500: '#4e159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e159e;
$custom-light: #895dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.964,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38373,
    "c": 0.19447,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E159E

secondary

#92C747

accent

#F335A4

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E159E

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

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