#4A166C#4A166C

#4A166C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.141 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A166C
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.49, 39.76, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.49, 55.82, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.0864 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.141 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8172, 3.1125, 14.4788)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A166C #386C16

analogous

#1F166C #4A166C #6C1663

triadic

#4A166C #6C4A16 #166C4A

tetradic

#4A166C #6C1F16 #386C16 #16636C

square

#4A166C #6C1F16 #386C16 #16636C

split-complementary

#4A166C #636C16 #166C1F

monochromatic

#110519 #270C39 #4A166C #6D209F #902BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#4A166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A166C

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A166C	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.141 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805997',
    500: '#4a166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a166c;
$custom-light: #805997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33245,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A166C

secondary

#64A23C

accent

#E93F82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A166C

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

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