#4E175F#4E175F

#4E175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.128 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E175F
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.28, 37.18, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.28, 48.38, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(32.91% 0.0933 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(32.91% 0.128 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.5135, 3.0589, 11.1243)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E175F #285F17

analogous

#2A175F #4E175F #5F174C

triadic

#4E175F #5F4E17 #175F4E

tetradic

#4E175F #5F2A17 #285F17 #174C5F

square

#4E175F #5F2A17 #285F17 #174C5F

split-complementary

#4E175F #4C5F17 #175F2A

monochromatic

#140619 #260B2E #4E175F #762390 #9F2FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#4E175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E175F

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E175F	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18335D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.128 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8d',
    500: '#4e175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e175f;
$custom-light: #825a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3291,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.03059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E175F

secondary

#51963C

accent

#E4446A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E175F

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

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