#4A166D#4A166D

#4A166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.142 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A166D
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 40.01, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 56.35, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.33% 0.0862 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(33.33% 0.142 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8707, 3.1339, 14.7607)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A166D #396D16

analogous

#1E166D #4A166D #6D1664

triadic

#4A166D #6D4A16 #166D4A

tetradic

#4A166D #6D1E16 #396D16 #16646D

square

#4A166D #6D1E16 #396D16 #16646D

split-complementary

#4A166D #646D16 #166D1E

monochromatic

#110519 #270C3A #4A166D #6D20A0 #8F2BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4A166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A166D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A166D	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.142 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a97',
    500: '#4a166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a166d;
$custom-light: #815a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3333,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A166D

secondary

#65A33C

accent

#E93E83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A166D

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

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