#4B167E#4B167E

#4B167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.160 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B167E
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 44.39, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 65.31, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0831 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.16 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9535, 3.5760, 20.0585)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B167E #497E16

analogous

#17167E #4B167E #7E167D

triadic

#4B167E #7E4B16 #167E4B

tetradic

#4B167E #7E1716 #497E16 #167D7E

square

#4B167E #7E1716 #497E16 #167D7E

split-complementary

#4B167E #7D7E16 #167E17

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D4A #4B167E #6A1FB2 #8933DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4B167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B167E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B167E	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.160 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba4',
    500: '#4b167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b167e;
$custom-light: #835ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34976,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B167E

secondary

#77B33D

accent

#ED3B92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B167E

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

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