#4A165E#4A165E

#4A165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.126 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A165E
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.38, 36.46, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.38, 48.35, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.11% 0.0889 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(32.11% 0.126 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1310, 2.8380, 10.8650)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A165E #2A5E16

analogous

#26165E #4A165E #5E164E

triadic

#4A165E #5E4A16 #165E4A

tetradic

#4A165E #5E2616 #2A5E16 #164E5E

square

#4A165E #5E2616 #2A5E16 #164E5E

split-complementary

#4A165E #4E5E16 #165E26

monochromatic

#140619 #230A2C #4A165E #712290 #982DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#4A165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A165E

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A165E	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13305C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.126 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598c',
    500: '#4a165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a165e;
$custom-light: #7f598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32113,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A165E

secondary

#54953B

accent

#E54370

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A165E

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

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