#4B167D#4B167D

#4B167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.159 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B167D
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 44.14, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 64.79, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0834 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.159 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8893, 3.5503, 19.7204)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B167D #487D16

analogous

#18167D #4B167D #7D167C

triadic

#4B167D #7D4B16 #167D4B

tetradic

#4B167D #7D1816 #487D16 #167C7D

square

#4B167D #7D1816 #487D16 #167C7D

split-complementary

#4B167D #7C7D16 #167D18

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D49 #4B167D #6A1FB1 #8932DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4B167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B167D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B167D	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.159 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba4',
    500: '#4b167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b167d;
$custom-light: #835ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34884,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B167D

secondary

#76B23D

accent

#ED3B91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B167D

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

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