#4B168D#4B168D

#4B168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.176 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B168D
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 48.18, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 73.12, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.078 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.176 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9950, 3.9926, 25.5435)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B168D #588D16

analogous

#161C8D #4B168D #87168D

triadic

#4B168D #8D4B16 #168D4B

tetradic

#4B168D #8D161C #588D16 #168D87

square

#4B168D #8D161C #588D16 #168D87

split-complementary

#4B168D #8D8716 #1C8D16

monochromatic

#130523 #2F0E58 #4B168D #671EC2 #863DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4B168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B168D

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B168D	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.176 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855caf',
    500: '#4b168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b168d;
$custom-light: #855caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.723,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36403,
    "c": 0.1759,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B168D

secondary

#87C13E

accent

#F0389E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B168D

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

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