#4A165C#4A165C

#4A165C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.124 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A165C
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.24, 36.00, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.24, 47.29, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(31.96% 0.0891 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(31.96% 0.124 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0424, 2.8026, 10.3985)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A165C #285C16

analogous

#27165C #4A165C #5C164B

triadic

#4A165C #5C4A16 #165C4A

tetradic

#4A165C #5C2716 #285C16 #164B5C

square

#4A165C #5C2716 #285C16 #164B5C

split-complementary

#4A165C #4B5C16 #165C27

monochromatic

#140619 #220A2B #4A165C #72228D #992EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#4A165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4A165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A165C

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A165C	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.124 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598b',
    500: '#4a165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a165c;
$custom-light: #7f598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3196,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A165C

secondary

#51933B

accent

#E5436D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A165C

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

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