#4A168F#4A168F

#4A168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.178 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A168F
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 48.56, -56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 74.22, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0756 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.178 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0675, 4.0126, 26.3307)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A168F #5B8F16

analogous

#161F8F #4A168F #86168F

triadic

#4A168F #8F4A16 #168F4A

tetradic

#4A168F #8F161F #5B8F16 #168F86

square

#4A168F #8F161F #5B8F16 #168F86

split-complementary

#4A168F #8F8616 #1F8F16

monochromatic

#130625 #2F0E5A #4A168F #651EC4 #843EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4A168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A168F

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A168F	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.178 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cb1',
    500: '#4a168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a168f;
$custom-light: #855cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.785,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3648,
    "c": 0.17792,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A168F

secondary

#8AC13F

accent

#F038A1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A168F

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

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