#4C168B#4C168B

#4C168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.174 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C168B
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 47.82, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 72.01, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0803 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.174 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9264, 3.9742, 24.7706)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C168B #558B16

analogous

#161B8B #4C168B #87168B

triadic

#4C168B #8B4C16 #168B4C

tetradic

#4C168B #8B161B #558B16 #168B87

square

#4C168B #8B161B #558B16 #168B87

split-complementary

#4C168B #8B8716 #1B8B16

monochromatic

#120521 #2F0E56 #4C168B #691EC0 #873BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#4C168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4C168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C168B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C168B	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.174 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cae',
    500: '#4c168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c168b;
$custom-light: #855cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36332,
    "c": 0.17391,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C168B

secondary

#83BF3E

accent

#EF389B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C168B

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

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