#4C16B4#4C16B4

#4C16B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.216 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C16B4
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 58.28, -71.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 92.48, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0642 -0.2067)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.217 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5032, 5.4050, 43.6083)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C16B4 #7EB416

analogous

#162FB4 #4C16B4 #9B16B4

triadic

#4C16B4 #B44C16 #16B44C

tetradic

#4C16B4 #B4162F #7EB416 #16B49B

square

#4C16B4 #B4162F #7EB416 #16B49B

split-complementary

#4C16B4 #B49B16 #2FB416

monochromatic

#1E0947 #350F7D #4C16B4 #6523E4 #8B5AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4C16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4C16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C16B4

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C16B4	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.216 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fcc',
    500: '#4c16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c16b4;
$custom-light: #8b5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4053,
    "c": 0.2165,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C16B4

secondary

#A6CE58

accent

#F533B3

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F2EAF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C16B4

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

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