#4C168E#4C168E

#4C168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.177 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C168E
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 48.58, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 73.55, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0792 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.177 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1486, 4.0631, 25.9409)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C168E #588E16

analogous

#161C8E #4C168E #88168E

triadic

#4C168E #8E4C16 #168E4C

tetradic

#4C168E #8E161C #588E16 #168E88

square

#4C168E #8E161C #588E16 #168E88

split-complementary

#4C168E #8E8816 #1C8E16

monochromatic

#130624 #300E59 #4C168E #681EC3 #873DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4C168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4C168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C168E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C168E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.177 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb0',
    500: '#4c168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c168e;
$custom-light: #865cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36623,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C168E

secondary

#86C13F

accent

#F0389D

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C168E

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

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