All About Color #4E159E

#4E159E

About #4E159E

#4E159E is a dark purple color with the hex code #4E159E. In RGB it is red 78, green 21, blue 158; in HSL it is hue 265°, saturation 77%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 51%, 87%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 10.91:1 on white and 1.92:1 on black.

#4E159E Color Conversion

Hex triplet4E, 15, 9E
CMYK50.63%, 86.71%, 0.00%, 38.04%
RGB Decimal78, 21, 158
HSL265°, 77%, 35%
RGB Octal116, 25, 236
HSV (HSB)264.96°, 86.71%, 61.96%
RGB Binary1001110, 10101, 10011110
CIE-L*AB25.64, 53.23, -62.19
RGB Percent30.59%, 8.24%, 61.96%
CIE-L*CH25.64, 81.86, 310.56
XYZ9.58, 4.62, 32.74
CIE-L*UV25.64, 6.17, -77.78
xyY0.20, 0.10, 4.62
Hunter-Lab21.51, 41.90, -75.20
RYB30.59%, 8.24%, 61.96%

Color Accessibility Scores

#4E159E on a dark background: contrast 1.92:1, fails WCAG AA.
#4E159E on a light background: contrast 10.91:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #4E159E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #4E159E. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#4E159E · #782BE3 · #260A4D · #659E15 · #97E32B

Analogous palette

#15659E · #15209E · #4E159E · #93159E · #9E1565

Triadic palette

#4E159E · #9E4E15 · #159E4E · #782BE3 · #E3782B

Tetradic palette

#4E159E · #9E1520 · #659E15 · #159E93 · #260A4D

Monochromatic palette

#0B0317 · #2C0C5A · #4E159E · #6F1DE2 · #9A61EA

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