#4516B4#4516B4

#4516B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.217 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4516B4
RGB	rgb(69, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(258, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 57.66, -73.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 93.08, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0529 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.217 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9768, 5.1336, 43.5836)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4516B4 #85B416

analogous

#1636B4 #4516B4 #9416B4

triadic

#4516B4 #B44516 #16B445

tetradic

#4516B4 #B41636 #85B416 #16B494

square

#4516B4 #B41636 #85B416 #16B494

split-complementary

#4516B4 #B49416 #36B416

monochromatic

#1B0947 #300F7D #4516B4 #5D23E4 #855AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4516B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4516B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4516B4

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4516B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4516B4	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4516b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.217 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ecc',
    500: '#4516b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4516b4;
$custom-light: #885ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4516b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.848,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39847,
    "c": 0.21715,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4516B4

secondary

#ABCE58

accent

#F533BB

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4516B4

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

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