#4B165B#4B165B

#4B165B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.123 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B165B
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 36.02, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 46.77, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(32.04% 0.0906 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(32.04% 0.123 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0766, 2.8252, 10.1734)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B165B #265B16

analogous

#29165B #4B165B #5B1649

triadic

#4B165B #5B4B16 #165B4B

tetradic

#4B165B #5B2916 #265B16 #16495B

square

#4B165B #5B2916 #265B16 #16495B

split-complementary

#4B165B #495B16 #165B29

monochromatic

#140619 #220A2A #4B165B #74228C #9C2EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#4B165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4B165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B165B

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B165B	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.123 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598a',
    500: '#4b165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b165b;
$custom-light: #80598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32039,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B165B

secondary

#4F923B

accent

#E44469

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B165B

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

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