#4A167D#4A167D

#4A167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.159 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A167D
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 43.97, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 64.85, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0818 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.159 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.8117, 3.5103, 19.7167)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A167D #497D16

analogous

#16167D #4A167D #7D167D

triadic

#4A167D #7D4A16 #167D4A

tetradic

#4A167D #7D1616 #497D16 #167D7D

square

#4A167D #7D1616 #497D16 #167D7D

split-complementary

#4A167D #7D7D16 #167D16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0D49 #4A167D #691FB1 #8832DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4A167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A167D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A167D	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.159 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#4a167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a167d;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34753,
    "c": 0.1589,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.0351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A167D

secondary

#77B23D

accent

#ED3B93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A167D

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

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