#4A167B#4A167B

#4A167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.157 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A167B
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 43.47, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 63.79, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0824 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.157 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6852, 3.4597, 19.0506)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A167B #477B16

analogous

#17167B #4A167B #7B1679

triadic

#4A167B #7B4A16 #167B4A

tetradic

#4A167B #7B1716 #477B16 #16797B

square

#4A167B #7B1716 #477B16 #16797B

split-complementary

#4A167B #797B16 #167B17

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0D47 #4A167B #691FAF #8831DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4A167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A167B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A167B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.157 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa2',
    500: '#4a167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a167b;
$custom-light: #825aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.891,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34569,
    "c": 0.15679,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A167B

secondary

#75B03D

accent

#EC3B91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A167B

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

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