#4B166A#4B166A

#4B166A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.139 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B166A
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.48, 39.49, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.48, 54.71, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.0884 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.139 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7896, 3.1104, 13.9283)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B166A #356A16

analogous

#21166A #4B166A #6A165F

triadic

#4B166A #6A4B16 #166A4B

tetradic

#4B166A #6A2116 #356A16 #165F6A

square

#4B166A #6A2116 #356A16 #165F6A

split-complementary

#4B166A #5F6A16 #166A21

monochromatic

#120519 #270B37 #4B166A #6F219D #932BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#4B166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4B166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B166A

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B166A	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.139 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815995',
    500: '#4b166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b166a;
$custom-light: #815995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3322,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B166A

secondary

#61A03B

accent

#E93F7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B166A

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

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