#4B165E#4B165E

#4B165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.127 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B165E
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 36.69, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 48.35, 319.37°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.0903 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.127 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2086, 2.8780, 10.8686)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B165E #295E16

analogous

#27165E #4B165E #5E164D

triadic

#4B165E #5E4B16 #165E4B

tetradic

#4B165E #5E2716 #295E16 #164D5E

square

#4B165E #5E2716 #295E16 #164D5E

split-complementary

#4B165E #4D5E16 #165E27

monochromatic

#140619 #230A2C #4B165E #732290 #9A2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#4B165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B165E

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B165E	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.127 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598c',
    500: '#4b165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b165e;
$custom-light: #80598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32265,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B165E

secondary

#53953B

accent

#E5436E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B165E

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

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