#4E175E#4E175E

#4E175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.127 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E175E
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.21, 36.96, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.21, 47.86, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0934 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.127 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4684, 3.0409, 10.8864)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E175E #275E17

analogous

#2A175E #4E175E #5E174A

triadic

#4E175E #5E4E17 #175E4E

tetradic

#4E175E #5E2A17 #275E17 #174A5E

square

#4E175E #5E2A17 #275E17 #174A5E

split-complementary

#4E175E #4A5E17 #175E2A

monochromatic

#140619 #250B2D #4E175E #77238F #A02FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#4E175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E175E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E175E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19325C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.127 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8c',
    500: '#4e175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e175e;
$custom-light: #825a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.479,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32836,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E175E

secondary

#50953C

accent

#E44468

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E175E

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

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