#4E174E#4E174E

#4E174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.111 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E174E
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.15, 33.60, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.15, 39.80, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.74% 0.0936 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(31.74% 0.111 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8234, 2.7829, 7.4893)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E174E #174E17

analogous

#33174E #4E174E #4E1733

triadic

#4E174E #4E4E17 #174E4E

tetradic

#4E174E #4E3317 #174E17 #17334E

square

#4E174E #4E3317 #174E17 #17334E

split-complementary

#4E174E #334E17 #174E33

monochromatic

#180718 #1F091F #4E174E #7D257D #AD33AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#4E174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E174E

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E174E	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#102A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24314D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.111 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825980',
    500: '#4e174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e174e;
$custom-light: #825980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31739,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E174E

secondary

#3C853C

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E174E

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

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