#4E175A#4E175A

#4E175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.122 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E175A
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 36.09, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 45.79, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.55% 0.0937 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(32.55% 0.122 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2935, 2.9709, 9.9655)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E175A #235A17

analogous

#2D175A #4E175A #5A1745

triadic

#4E175A #5A4E17 #175A4E

tetradic

#4E175A #5A2D17 #235A17 #17455A

square

#4E175A #5A2D17 #235A17 #17455A

split-complementary

#4E175A #455A17 #175A2D

monochromatic

#150618 #240B29 #4E175A #78238B #A230BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#4E175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E175A

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E175A	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.122 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a89',
    500: '#4e175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e175a;
$custom-light: #825a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.254,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32546,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E175A

secondary

#4B913C

accent

#E24561

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E175A

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

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