#4C168D#4C168D

#4C168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.176 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C168D
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 48.33, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 73.04, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0796 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.176 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0738, 4.0332, 25.5472)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C168D #578D16

analogous

#161C8D #4C168D #88168D

triadic

#4C168D #8D4C16 #168D4C

tetradic

#4C168D #8D161C #578D16 #168D88

square

#4C168D #8D161C #578D16 #168D88

split-complementary

#4C168D #8D8816 #1C8D16

monochromatic

#130523 #2F0E58 #4C168D #691EC2 #873DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4C168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4C168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C168D

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C168D	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.176 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855caf',
    500: '#4c168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c168d;
$custom-light: #855caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36525,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C168D

secondary

#85C13E

accent

#F0389C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C168D

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

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