#4A166E#4A166E

#4A166E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.143 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A166E
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 40.25, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 56.89, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.42% 0.086 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(33.42% 0.143 307)
XYZ	xyz(5.9248, 3.1555, 15.0458)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A166E #3A6E16

analogous

#1E166E #4A166E #6E1666

triadic

#4A166E #6E4A16 #166E4A

tetradic

#4A166E #6E1E16 #3A6E16 #16666E

square

#4A166E #6E1E16 #3A6E16 #16666E

split-complementary

#4A166E #666E16 #166E1E

monochromatic

#11051A #280C3B #4A166E #6C20A1 #8F2AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#4A166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A166E

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A166E	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.143 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a98',
    500: '#4a166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a166e;
$custom-light: #815a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33415,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A166E

secondary

#66A43C

accent

#EA3E84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A166E

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

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