#4D168D#4D168D

#4D168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.176 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D168D
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 48.47, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 72.96, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0812 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.176 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1539, 4.0745, 25.5510)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D168D #568D16

analogous

#161B8D #4D168D #89168D

triadic

#4D168D #8D4D16 #168D4D

tetradic

#4D168D #8D161B #568D16 #168D89

square

#4D168D #8D161B #568D16 #168D89

split-complementary

#4D168D #8D8916 #1B8D16

monochromatic

#130523 #300E58 #4D168D #6A1EC2 #883DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4D168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D168D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D168D	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.176 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865caf',
    500: '#4d168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d168d;
$custom-light: #865caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.731,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36648,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D168D

secondary

#84C13E

accent

#F0389B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D168D

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

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