#4816B4#4816B4

#4816B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.217 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4816B4
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 57.92, -72.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 92.82, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0578 -0.209)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.217 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1951, 5.2461, 43.5938)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4816B4 #82B416

analogous

#1633B4 #4816B4 #9716B4

triadic

#4816B4 #B44816 #16B448

tetradic

#4816B4 #B41633 #82B416 #16B497

square

#4816B4 #B41633 #82B416 #16B497

split-complementary

#4816B4 #B49716 #33B416

monochromatic

#1C0947 #320F7D #4816B4 #6023E4 #885AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4816B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4816B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4816B4

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4816B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4816B4	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4816b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.217 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ecc',
    500: '#4816b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4816b4;
$custom-light: #895ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4816b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.987,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40134,
    "c": 0.21682,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4816B4

secondary

#A9CE58

accent

#F533B7

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4816B4

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

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