#4D167E#4D167E

#4D167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.161 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D167E
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 44.72, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 65.19, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0862 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.161 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1125, 3.6579, 20.0660)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D167E #477E16

analogous

#19167E #4D167E #7E167B

triadic

#4D167E #7E4D16 #167E4D

tetradic

#4D167E #7E1916 #477E16 #167B7E

square

#4D167E #7E1916 #477E16 #167B7E

split-complementary

#4D167E #7B7E16 #167E19

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D4A #4D167E #6D1FB2 #8C33DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4D167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D167E

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D167E	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.161 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba4',
    500: '#4d167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d167e;
$custom-light: #845ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3524,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D167E

secondary

#74B33D

accent

#ED3B8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D167E

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

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