#4D168B#4D168B

#4D168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.174 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D168B
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 47.96, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 71.94, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0819 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.174 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0065, 4.0155, 24.7743)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D168B #548B16

analogous

#161A8B #4D168B #88168B

triadic

#4D168B #8B4D16 #168B4D

tetradic

#4D168B #8B161A #548B16 #168B88

square

#4D168B #8B161A #548B16 #168B88

split-complementary

#4D168B #8B8816 #1A8B16

monochromatic

#120521 #300E56 #4D168B #6A1EC0 #893BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4D168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D168B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D168B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.174 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cae',
    500: '#4d168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d168b;
$custom-light: #865cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.205,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36456,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D168B

secondary

#82BF3E

accent

#EF3899

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D168B

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

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