#4E164A#4E164A

#4E164A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.108 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E164A
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 74)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 33.28, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 38.44, 329.96°)
OKLab	oklab(31.37% 0.0946 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(31.37% 0.108 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6648, 2.6883, 6.7504)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E164A #164E1A

analogous

#36164E #4E164A #4E162E

triadic

#4E164A #4A4E16 #164A4E

tetradic

#4E164A #4E3616 #164E1A #162E4E

square

#4E164A #4E3616 #164E1A #162E4E

split-complementary

#4E164A #2E4E16 #164E36

monochromatic

#180717 #1E091D #4E164A #7E2377 #AD31A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#4E164A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E164A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E164A

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E164A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E164A	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12294C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e164a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.108 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82587c',
    500: '#4e164a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e164a;
$custom-light: #82587c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e164a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3137,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E164A

secondary

#3A8540

accent

#DF5349

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E164A

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

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