#4B168E#4B168E

#4B168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.177 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B168E
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 48.44, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 73.63, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0776 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.177 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.0697, 4.0225, 25.9372)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B168E #598E16

analogous

#161D8E #4B168E #87168E

triadic

#4B168E #8E4B16 #168E4B

tetradic

#4B168E #8E161D #598E16 #168E87

square

#4B168E #8E161D #598E16 #168E87

split-complementary

#4B168E #8E8716 #1D8E16

monochromatic

#130624 #2F0E59 #4B168E #671EC3 #863DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4B168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B168E

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B168E	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.177 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cb0',
    500: '#4b168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b168e;
$custom-light: #855cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36501,
    "c": 0.17695,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B168E

secondary

#87C13F

accent

#F0389F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B168E

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

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