#4E164D#4E164D

#4E164D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.111 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E164D
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 77)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.93, 33.86, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.93, 39.85, 328.18°)
OKLab	oklab(31.56% 0.0949 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(31.56% 0.111 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7683, 2.7297, 7.2955)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E164D #164E17

analogous

#33164E #4E164D #4E1631

triadic

#4E164D #4D4E16 #164D4E

tetradic

#4E164D #4E3316 #164E17 #16314E

square

#4E164D #4E3316 #164E17 #16314E

split-complementary

#4E164D #314E16 #164E33

monochromatic

#180718 #1E091E #4E164D #7E237C #AD31AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#4E164D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E164D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E164D

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E164D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E164D	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F294F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24314C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e164d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.111 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82597f',
    500: '#4e164d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e164d;
$custom-light: #82597f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e164d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.071,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31556,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E164D

secondary

#3A853C

accent

#DF4B49

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E164D

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

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