#4D167D#4D167D

#4D167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.159 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D167D
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 44.48, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 64.66, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0865 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.159 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0483, 3.6323, 19.7278)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D167D #467D16

analogous

#1A167D #4D167D #7D167A

triadic

#4D167D #7D4D16 #167D4D

tetradic

#4D167D #7D1A16 #467D16 #167A7D

square

#4D167D #7D1A16 #467D16 #167A7D

split-complementary

#4D167D #7A7D16 #167D1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D49 #4D167D #6D1FB1 #8C32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4D167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D167D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D167D	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.159 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba3',
    500: '#4d167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d167d;
$custom-light: #845ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35149,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D167D

secondary

#73B23D

accent

#ED3B8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D167D

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

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