#4A165B#4A165B

#4A165B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.123 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A165B
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.16, 35.77, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.16, 46.76, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(31.89% 0.0892 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(31.89% 0.123 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9990, 2.7852, 10.1698)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A165B #275B16

analogous

#27165B #4A165B #5B164A

triadic

#4A165B #5B4A16 #165B4A

tetradic

#4A165B #5B2716 #275B16 #164A5B

square

#4A165B #5B2716 #275B16 #164A5B

split-complementary

#4A165B #4A5B16 #165B27

monochromatic

#140619 #220A2A #4A165B #72228C #9A2EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#4A165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4A165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A165B

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A165B	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.123 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598a',
    500: '#4a165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a165b;
$custom-light: #7f598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31885,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A165B

secondary

#50923B

accent

#E4446B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A165B

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

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