#4B168B#4B168B

#4B168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.174 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B168B
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 47.68, -54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 72.09, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0787 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.174 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8475, 3.9336, 24.7669)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B168B #568B16

analogous

#161C8B #4B168B #86168B

triadic

#4B168B #8B4B16 #168B4B

tetradic

#4B168B #8B161C #568B16 #168B86

square

#4B168B #8B161C #568B16 #168B86

split-complementary

#4B168B #8B8616 #1C8B16

monochromatic

#120521 #2E0E56 #4B168B #681EC0 #863BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4B168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B168B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B168B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.174 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cae',
    500: '#4b168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b168b;
$custom-light: #855cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.179,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36208,
    "c": 0.1738,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B168B

secondary

#84BF3E

accent

#EF389D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B168B

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

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