#4E164E#4E164E

#4E164E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.112 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E164E
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.99, 34.06, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.99, 40.33, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% 0.0949 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.112 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8039, 2.7439, 7.4829)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E164E #164E16

analogous

#32164E #4E164E #4E1632

triadic

#4E164E #4E4E16 #164E4E

tetradic

#4E164E #4E3216 #164E16 #16324E

square

#4E164E #4E3216 #164E16 #16324E

split-complementary

#4E164E #324E16 #164E32

monochromatic

#180718 #1E091E #4E164E #7E237E #AD31AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#4E164E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E164E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E164E

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E164E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E164E	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E2950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24314D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e164e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.112 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825980',
    500: '#4e164e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e164e;
$custom-light: #825980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e164e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3162,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E164E

secondary

#3A853A

accent

#DF4949

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E164E

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

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