#4A165D#4A165D

#4A165D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.125 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A165D
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.31, 36.23, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.31, 47.82, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(32.04% 0.089 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(32.04% 0.125 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0864, 2.8202, 10.6302)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A165D #295D16

analogous

#27165D #4A165D #5D164C

triadic

#4A165D #5D4A16 #165D4A

tetradic

#4A165D #5D2716 #295D16 #164C5D

square

#4A165D #5D2716 #295D16 #164C5D

split-complementary

#4A165D #4C5D16 #165D27

monochromatic

#140619 #230A2C #4A165D #71228E #992DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#4A165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4A165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A165D

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A165D	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14305B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.125 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598b',
    500: '#4a165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a165d;
$custom-light: #7f598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.944,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32036,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A165D

secondary

#53943B

accent

#E5436E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A165D

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

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