#4E165D#4E165D

#4E165D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.127 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E165D
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 37.18, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 47.84, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% 0.0946 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.127 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4043, 2.9841, 10.6451)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E165D #255D16

analogous

#2B165D #4E165D #5D1648

triadic

#4E165D #5D4E16 #165D4E

tetradic

#4E165D #5D2B16 #255D16 #16485D

square

#4E165D #5D2B16 #255D16 #16485D

split-complementary

#4E165D #485D16 #165D2B

monochromatic

#150619 #240A2C #4E165D #78228E #A12DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#4E165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E165D

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E165D	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19325B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.127 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598b',
    500: '#4e165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e165d;
$custom-light: #82598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.324,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32651,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E165D

secondary

#4E943B

accent

#E54365

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E165D

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

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