#4E175D#4E175D

#4E175D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.126 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E175D
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 36.74, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 47.34, 320.91°)
OKLab	oklab(32.76% 0.0935 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(32.76% 0.126 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4238, 3.0230, 10.6516)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E175D #265D17

analogous

#2B175D #4E175D #5D1749

triadic

#4E175D #5D4E17 #175D4E

tetradic

#4E175D #5D2B17 #265D17 #17495D

square

#4E175D #5D2B17 #265D17 #17495D

split-complementary

#4E175D #495D17 #175D2B

monochromatic

#150619 #250B2C #4E175D #77238E #A02FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#4E175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E175D

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E175D	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A325B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.126 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8b',
    500: '#4e175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e175d;
$custom-light: #825a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32762,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E175D

secondary

#4F943C

accent

#E34466

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E175D

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

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