#4B166B#4B166B

#4B166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.140 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B166B
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.56, 39.73, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.56, 55.25, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0882 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.14 309)
XYZ	xyz(5.8419, 3.1313, 14.2037)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B166B #366B16

analogous

#21166B #4B166B #6B1660

triadic

#4B166B #6B4B16 #166B4B

tetradic

#4B166B #6B2116 #366B16 #16606B

square

#4B166B #6B2116 #366B16 #16606B

split-complementary

#4B166B #606B16 #166B21

monochromatic

#120519 #270C38 #4B166B #6F209E #922BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4B166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B166B

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B166B	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.140 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a96',
    500: '#4b166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b166b;
$custom-light: #815a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.412,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33303,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B166B

secondary

#62A13B

accent

#E93F7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B166B

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

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