#4D168E#4D168E

#4D168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.177 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D168E
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 48.72, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 73.48, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0808 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.177 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2287, 4.1044, 25.9446)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D168E #578E16

analogous

#161B8E #4D168E #89168E

triadic

#4D168E #8E4D16 #168E4D

tetradic

#4D168E #8E161B #578E16 #168E89

square

#4D168E #8E161B #578E16 #168E89

split-complementary

#4D168E #8E8916 #1B8E16

monochromatic

#140624 #300E59 #4D168E #6A1EC3 #883DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4D168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D168E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D168E	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.177 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb0',
    500: '#4d168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d168e;
$custom-light: #865cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36745,
    "c": 0.17715,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D168E

secondary

#85C13F

accent

#F0389C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D168E

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

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