#4B16B4#4B16B4

#4B16B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.217 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B16B4
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 58.18, -71.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 92.56, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0626 -0.2073)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.217 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4243, 5.3643, 43.6046)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B16B4 #7FB416

analogous

#1630B4 #4B16B4 #9A16B4

triadic

#4B16B4 #B44B16 #16B44B

tetradic

#4B16B4 #B41630 #7FB416 #16B49A

square

#4B16B4 #B41630 #7FB416 #16B49A

split-complementary

#4B16B4 #B49A16 #30B416

monochromatic

#1E0947 #340F7D #4B16B4 #6423E4 #8A5AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#4B16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4B16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B16B4

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B16B4	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.217 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fcc',
    500: '#4b16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b16b4;
$custom-light: #8b5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.127,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4043,
    "c": 0.21657,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B16B4

secondary

#A6CE58

accent

#F533B4

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F2EAF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B16B4

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

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