#4C168F#4C168F

#4C168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.178 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C168F
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 48.83, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 74.07, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.0788 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.178 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2240, 4.0933, 26.3381)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C168F #598F16

analogous

#161D8F #4C168F #89168F

triadic

#4C168F #8F4C16 #168F4C

tetradic

#4C168F #8F161D #598F16 #168F89

square

#4C168F #8F161D #598F16 #168F89

split-complementary

#4C168F #8F8916 #1D8F16

monochromatic

#140625 #300E5A #4C168F #681EC4 #873EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4C168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4C168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C168F

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C168F	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.178 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb1',
    500: '#4c168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c168f;
$custom-light: #865cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.777,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36721,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C168F

secondary

#87C13F

accent

#F0389E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C168F

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

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