#4C166B#4C166B

#4C166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.140 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C166B
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 39.93, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 55.21, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.0896 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.14 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9207, 3.1720, 14.2074)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C166B #356B16

analogous

#22166B #4C166B #6B165F

triadic

#4C166B #6B4C16 #166B4C

tetradic

#4C166B #6B2216 #356B16 #165F6B

square

#4C166B #6B2216 #356B16 #165F6B

split-complementary

#4C166B #5F6B16 #166B22

monochromatic

#120519 #280C38 #4C166B #70209E #942BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4C166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4C166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C166B

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C166B	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.140 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a96',
    500: '#4c166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c166b;
$custom-light: #825a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.118,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33447,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C166B

secondary

#61A13B

accent

#E93F7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C166B

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

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