#4E15CA#4E15CA

#4E15CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.239 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E15CA
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 202)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 89.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 64.28, -80.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 103.02, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.0588 -0.232)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.239 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0674, 6.4193, 56.3634)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E15CA #91CA15

analogous

#1536CA #4E15CA #A815CA

triadic

#4E15CA #CA4E15 #15CA4E

tetradic

#4E15CA #CA1536 #91CA15 #15CAA8

square

#4E15CA #CA1536 #91CA15 #15CAA8

split-complementary

#4E15CA #CAA815 #36CA15

monochromatic

#23095B #390F93 #4E15CA #6C32EA #946AEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E15CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E15CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E15CA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E15CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E15CA	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e15ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.239 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060dc',
    500: '#4e15ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e15ca;
$custom-light: #9060dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e15ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.895,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43052,
    "c": 0.23934,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E15CA

secondary

#B2D566

accent

#F830B9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0515

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E15CA

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

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