#4E165E#4E165E

#4E165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.128 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E165E
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.05, 37.40, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.05, 48.35, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.0945 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.128 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4489, 3.0019, 10.8799)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E165E #265E16

analogous

#2A165E #4E165E #5E164A

triadic

#4E165E #5E4E16 #165E4E

tetradic

#4E165E #5E2A16 #265E16 #164A5E

square

#4E165E #5E2A16 #265E16 #164A5E

split-complementary

#4E165E #4A5E16 #165E2A

monochromatic

#150619 #250A2C #4E165E #772290 #A02DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#4E165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E165E

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E165E	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18325C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.128 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598c',
    500: '#4e165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e165e;
$custom-light: #82598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32725,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E165E

secondary

#4F953B

accent

#E54367

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E165E

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

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