#4E165B#4E165B

#4E165B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.125 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E165B
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.84, 36.75, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.84, 46.81, 321.72°)
OKLab	oklab(32.51% 0.0948 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(32.51% 0.125 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3169, 2.9491, 10.1847)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E165B #235B16

analogous

#2C165B #4E165B #5B1646

triadic

#4E165B #5B4E16 #165B4E

tetradic

#4E165B #5B2C16 #235B16 #16465B

square

#4E165B #5B2C16 #235B16 #16465B

split-complementary

#4E165B #465B16 #165B2C

monochromatic

#150619 #240A2A #4E165B #78228C #A22EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.21

#4E165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E165B

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E165B	1.00	13.21	1.59	13.21
#FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.125 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598a',
    500: '#4e165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e165b;
$custom-light: #82598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.696,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32505,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E165B

secondary

#4B923B

accent

#E44462

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E165B

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

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