#4817B4#4817B4

#4817B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.216 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4817B4
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 57.60, -72.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 92.48, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0574 -0.2085)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.216 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2146, 5.2851, 43.6003)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4817B4 #83B417

analogous

#1735B4 #4817B4 #9717B4

triadic

#4817B4 #B44817 #17B448

tetradic

#4817B4 #B41735 #83B417 #17B497

square

#4817B4 #B41735 #83B417 #17B497

split-complementary

#4817B4 #B49717 #35B417

monochromatic

#1D0947 #32107E #4817B4 #6025E3 #885BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4817B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4817B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4817B4

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4817B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4817B4	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4817b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.216 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fcc',
    500: '#4817b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4817b4;
$custom-light: #895fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4817b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.726,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40207,
    "c": 0.21624,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4817B4

secondary

#A9CE59

accent

#F434B8

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4817B4

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

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