#4D166B#4D166B

#4D166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.141 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D166B
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.88, 40.14, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.88, 55.18, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.0911 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.141 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0008, 3.2133, 14.2112)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D166B #346B16

analogous

#23166B #4D166B #6B165E

triadic

#4D166B #6B4D16 #166B4D

tetradic

#4D166B #6B2316 #346B16 #165E6B

square

#4D166B #6B2316 #346B16 #165E6B

split-complementary

#4D166B #5E6B16 #166B23

monochromatic

#120519 #280C38 #4D166B #72209E #962BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4D166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4D166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D166B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D166B	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.141 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a96',
    500: '#4d166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d166b;
$custom-light: #835a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33592,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D166B

secondary

#5FA13B

accent

#E93F7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D166B

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

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