#4E175B#4E175B

#4E175B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.123 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E175B
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 36.30, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 46.30, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0936 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.123 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3364, 2.9881, 10.1912)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E175B #245B17

analogous

#2C175B #4E175B #5B1746

triadic

#4E175B #5B4E17 #175B4E

tetradic

#4E175B #5B2C17 #245B17 #17465B

square

#4E175B #5B2C17 #245B17 #17465B

split-complementary

#4E175B #465B17 #175B2C

monochromatic

#150618 #240B2A #4E175B #78238C #A230BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#4E175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E175B

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E175B	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.123 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8a',
    500: '#4e175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e175b;
$custom-light: #825a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.529,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32618,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E175B

secondary

#4C923C

accent

#E34563

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E175B

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

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