#4E174A#4E174A

#4E174A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.107 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E174A
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 74)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 32.82, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 37.91, 329.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0933 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.107 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6843, 2.7272, 6.7569)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E174A #174E1B

analogous

#37174E #4E174A #4E172E

triadic

#4E174A #4A4E17 #174A4E

tetradic

#4E174A #4E3717 #174E1B #172E4E

square

#4E174A #4E3717 #174E1B #172E4E

split-complementary

#4E174A #2E4E17 #174E37

monochromatic

#180716 #1F091D #4E174A #7D2577 #AD33A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#4E174A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E174A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E174A

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E174A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E174A	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13294C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e174a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.107 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82597c',
    500: '#4e174a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e174a;
$custom-light: #82597c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e174a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31491,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E174A

secondary

#3C8541

accent

#DE554A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E174A

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

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