#4C166E#4C166E

#4C166E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.144 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C166E
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 40.64, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 56.80, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.089 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.144 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0813, 3.2362, 15.0531)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C166E #386E16

analogous

#20166E #4C166E #6E1664

triadic

#4C166E #6E4C16 #166E4C

tetradic

#4C166E #6E2016 #386E16 #16646E

square

#4C166E #6E2016 #386E16 #16646E

split-complementary

#4C166E #646E16 #166E20

monochromatic

#12051A #290C3B #4C166E #6F20A1 #922AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4C166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4C166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C166E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C166E	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.144 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a98',
    500: '#4c166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c166e;
$custom-light: #825a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33698,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C166E

secondary

#64A43C

accent

#EA3E80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C166E

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

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