#4A166B#4A166B

#4A166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.140 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A166B
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 39.52, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 55.28, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0867 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.14 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7642, 3.0913, 14.2001)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A166B #376B16

analogous

#20166B #4A166B #6B1661

triadic

#4A166B #6B4A16 #166B4A

tetradic

#4A166B #6B2016 #376B16 #16616B

square

#4A166B #6B2016 #376B16 #16616B

split-complementary

#4A166B #616B16 #166B20

monochromatic

#120519 #270C38 #4A166B #6D209E #902BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#4A166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A166B

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A166B	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.140 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805996',
    500: '#4a166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a166b;
$custom-light: #805996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3316,
    "c": 0.13984,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A166B

secondary

#63A13B

accent

#E93F81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A166B

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

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