#4A165F#4A165F

#4A165F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.127 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A165F
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 36.69, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 48.88, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(32.19% 0.0888 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(32.19% 0.127 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1762, 2.8561, 11.1029)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A165F #2B5F16

analogous

#26165F #4A165F #5F164F

triadic

#4A165F #5F4A16 #165F4A

tetradic

#4A165F #5F2616 #2B5F16 #164F5F

square

#4A165F #5F2616 #2B5F16 #164F5F

split-complementary

#4A165F #4F5F16 #165F26

monochromatic

#130619 #230A2D #4A165F #712291 #972DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4A165F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A165F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A165F

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A165F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A165F	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12305D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a165f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.127 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598d',
    500: '#4a165f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a165f;
$custom-light: #7f598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a165f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3219,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A165F

secondary

#55963B

accent

#E54271

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A165F

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

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