#4A167F#4A167F

#4A167F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.161 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A167F
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 82.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.17, 44.48, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.17, 65.90, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0812 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.161 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9408, 3.5619, 20.3964)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A167F #4B7F16

analogous

#16177F #4A167F #7F167F

triadic

#4A167F #7F4A16 #167F4A

tetradic

#4A167F #7F1617 #4B7F16 #167F7F

square

#4A167F #7F1617 #4B7F16 #167F7F

split-complementary

#4A167F #7F7F16 #177F16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0D4B #4A167F #681FB3 #8734DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#4A167F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A167F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A167F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A167F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A167F	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a167f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.161 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba5',
    500: '#4a167f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a167f;
$custom-light: #825ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a167f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34939,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A167F

secondary

#79B43D

accent

#ED3B95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A167F

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

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