#4A16B4#4A16B4

#4A16B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.217 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A16B4
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 58.09, -72.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 92.65, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.061 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.217 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3467, 5.3243, 43.6010)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A16B4 #80B416

analogous

#1631B4 #4A16B4 #9916B4

triadic

#4A16B4 #B44A16 #16B44A

tetradic

#4A16B4 #B41631 #80B416 #16B499

square

#4A16B4 #B41631 #80B416 #16B499

split-complementary

#4A16B4 #B49916 #31B416

monochromatic

#1D0947 #340F7D #4A16B4 #6323E4 #895AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4A16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A16B4

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A16B4	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C4B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.217 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ecc',
    500: '#4a16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a16b4;
$custom-light: #8a5ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.747,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4033,
    "c": 0.21665,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A16B4

secondary

#A7CE58

accent

#F533B5

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A16B4

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

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