#4E165F#4E165F

#4E165F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.129 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E165F
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 95)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.12, 37.62, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.12, 48.87, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.0944 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.129 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4940, 3.0200, 11.1178)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E165F #275F16

analogous

#29165F #4E165F #5F164B

triadic

#4E165F #5F4E16 #165F4E

tetradic

#4E165F #5F2916 #275F16 #164B5F

square

#4E165F #5F2916 #275F16 #164B5F

split-complementary

#4E165F #4B5F16 #165F29

monochromatic

#140619 #250A2D #4E165F #772291 #A02DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#4E165F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E165F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E165F

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E165F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E165F	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17325D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e165f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.129 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82598d',
    500: '#4e165f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e165f;
$custom-light: #82598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e165f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32799,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E165F

secondary

#50963B

accent

#E54268

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E165F

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

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