#4B168F#4B168F

#4B168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.178 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B168F
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 48.70, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 74.14, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0772 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.178 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1451, 4.0526, 26.3344)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B168F #5A8F16

analogous

#161E8F #4B168F #88168F

triadic

#4B168F #8F4B16 #168F4B

tetradic

#4B168F #8F161E #5A8F16 #168F88

square

#4B168F #8F161E #5A8F16 #168F88

split-complementary

#4B168F #8F8816 #1E8F16

monochromatic

#130625 #2F0E5A #4B168F #671EC4 #863EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4B168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4B168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B168F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B168F	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.178 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cb1',
    500: '#4b168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b168f;
$custom-light: #855cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.281,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.366,
    "c": 0.178,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B168F

secondary

#88C13F

accent

#F0389F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B168F

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

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