#4C167B#4C167B

#4C167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.157 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C167B
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 43.81, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 63.67, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0856 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.157 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.8417, 3.5404, 19.0580)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C167B #457B16

analogous

#19167B #4C167B #7B1677

triadic

#4C167B #7B4C16 #167B4C

tetradic

#4C167B #7B1916 #457B16 #16777B

square

#4C167B #7B1916 #457B16 #16777B

split-complementary

#4C167B #777B16 #167B19

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D47 #4C167B #6C1FAF #8C31DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4C167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C167B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C167B	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.157 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba2',
    500: '#4c167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c167b;
$custom-light: #835ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34835,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.0354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C167B

secondary

#72B03D

accent

#EC3B8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C167B

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

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