#4E166A#4E166A

#4E166A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.140 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E166A
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 40.11, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 54.62, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0928 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.14 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0298, 3.2343, 13.9395)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E166A #326A16

analogous

#24166A #4E166A #6A165C

triadic

#4E166A #6A4E16 #166A4E

tetradic

#4E166A #6A2416 #326A16 #165C6A

square

#4E166A #6A2416 #326A16 #165C6A

split-complementary

#4E166A #5C6A16 #166A24

monochromatic

#130519 #290B37 #4E166A #73219D #992BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4E166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E166A

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E166A	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.140 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a95',
    500: '#4e166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e166a;
$custom-light: #835a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33656,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E166A

secondary

#5DA03B

accent

#E93F78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E166A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →