#4C167E#4C167E

#4C167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.160 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C167E
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 44.56, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 65.25, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0846 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.16 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0324, 3.6166, 20.0622)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C167E #487E16

analogous

#18167E #4C167E #7E167C

triadic

#4C167E #7E4C16 #167E4C

tetradic

#4C167E #7E1816 #487E16 #167C7E

square

#4C167E #7E1816 #487E16 #167C7E

split-complementary

#4C167E #7C7E16 #167E18

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D4A #4C167E #6B1FB2 #8A33DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4C167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C167E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C167E	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.160 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba4',
    500: '#4c167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c167e;
$custom-light: #845ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35108,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C167E

secondary

#76B33D

accent

#ED3B90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C167E

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

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