#4D168F#4D168F

#4D168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.178 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D168F
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 48.97, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 73.99, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0804 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.178 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3041, 4.1346, 26.3418)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D168F #588F16

analogous

#161B8F #4D168F #8A168F

triadic

#4D168F #8F4D16 #168F4D

tetradic

#4D168F #8F161B #588F16 #168F8A

square

#4D168F #8F161B #588F16 #168F8A

split-complementary

#4D168F #8F8A16 #1B8F16

monochromatic

#140625 #300E5A #4D168F #6A1EC4 #883EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4D168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D168F

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D168F	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.178 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb1',
    500: '#4d168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d168f;
$custom-light: #865cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36842,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D168F

secondary

#86C13F

accent

#F0389C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D168F

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

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