#4517B4#4517B4

#4517B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.217 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4517B4
RGB	rgb(69, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(258, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 57.34, -72.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 92.74, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0525 -0.2101)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.217 284)
XYZ	xyz(10.9963, 5.1725, 43.5901)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4517B4 #86B417

analogous

#1737B4 #4517B4 #9417B4

triadic

#4517B4 #B44517 #17B445

tetradic

#4517B4 #B41737 #86B417 #17B494

square

#4517B4 #B41737 #86B417 #17B494

split-complementary

#4517B4 #B49417 #37B417

monochromatic

#1B0947 #30107E #4517B4 #5D25E3 #855BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4517B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4517B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4517B4

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4517B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4517B4	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4517b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.217 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ecc',
    500: '#4517b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4517b4;
$custom-light: #885ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4517b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.58,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39921,
    "c": 0.21656,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.05173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4517B4

secondary

#ACCE59

accent

#F434BC

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4517B4

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

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