#4B166D#4B166D

#4B166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.142 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B166D
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 40.21, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 56.31, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.0877 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.142 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9483, 3.1739, 14.7643)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B166D #386D16

analogous

#20166D #4B166D #6D1663

triadic

#4B166D #6D4B16 #166D4B

tetradic

#4B166D #6D2016 #386D16 #16636D

square

#4B166D #6D2016 #386D16 #16636D

split-complementary

#4B166D #636D16 #166D20

monochromatic

#120519 #280C3A #4B166D #6E20A0 #912BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4B166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B166D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B166D	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.142 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a97',
    500: '#4b166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b166d;
$custom-light: #815a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.552,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33471,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B166D

secondary

#64A33C

accent

#E93E81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B166D

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

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