#4E165A#4E165A

#4E165A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.124 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E165A
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 36.53, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 46.30, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.43% 0.0948 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(32.43% 0.124 320)
XYZ	xyz(5.2740, 2.9320, 9.9590)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E165A #225A16

analogous

#2C165A #4E165A #5A1644

triadic

#4E165A #5A4E16 #165A4E

tetradic

#4E165A #5A2C16 #225A16 #16445A

square

#4E165A #5A2C16 #225A16 #16445A

split-complementary

#4E165A #445A16 #165A2C

monochromatic

#150619 #230A29 #4E165A #79228B #A32EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#4E165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E165A

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E165A	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.124 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825989',
    500: '#4e165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e165a;
$custom-light: #825989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32433,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.02932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E165A

secondary

#4A913B

accent

#E44460

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E165A

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

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