#4A167E#4A167E

#4A167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.160 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A167E
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 44.23, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 65.38, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0815 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.16 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8759, 3.5360, 20.0549)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A167E #4A7E16

analogous

#16167E #4A167E #7E167E

triadic

#4A167E #7E4A16 #167E4A

tetradic

#4A167E #7E1616 #4A7E16 #167E7E

square

#4A167E #7E1616 #4A7E16 #167E7E

split-complementary

#4A167E #7E7E16 #167E16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0D4A #4A167E #691FB2 #8733DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4A167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A167E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A167E	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.160 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba4',
    500: '#4a167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a167e;
$custom-light: #825ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34846,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A167E

secondary

#78B33D

accent

#ED3B94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A167E

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

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