#4A168B#4A168B

#4A168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.174 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A168B
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 47.53, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 72.16, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0771 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.174 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7699, 3.8936, 24.7632)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A168B #578B16

analogous

#161C8B #4A168B #85168B

triadic

#4A168B #8B4A16 #168B4A

tetradic

#4A168B #8B161C #578B16 #168B85

square

#4A168B #8B161C #578B16 #168B85

split-complementary

#4A168B #8B8516 #1C8B16

monochromatic

#120521 #2E0E56 #4A168B #661EC0 #853BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#4A168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A168B

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A168B	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.174 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845bae',
    500: '#4a168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a168b;
$custom-light: #845bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36086,
    "c": 0.1737,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A168B

secondary

#86BF3E

accent

#EF389E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A168B

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

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