#4C165E#4C165E

#4C165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.127 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C165E
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.72, 36.93, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.72, 48.35, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.0917 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.127 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2875, 2.9187, 10.8723)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C165E #285E16

analogous

#28165E #4C165E #5E164C

triadic

#4C165E #5E4C16 #165E4C

tetradic

#4C165E #5E2816 #285E16 #164C5E

square

#4C165E #5E2816 #285E16 #164C5E

split-complementary

#4C165E #4C5E16 #165E28

monochromatic

#140619 #240A2C #4C165E #742290 #9C2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#4C165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4C165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C165E

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C165E	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.127 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81598c',
    500: '#4c165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c165e;
$custom-light: #81598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32417,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C165E

secondary

#51953B

accent

#E5436B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C165E

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

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