#4B117E#4B117E

#4B117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.165 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B117E
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 46.22, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 67.31, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0868 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.165 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8671, 3.4031, 20.0297)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B117E #447E11

analogous

#15117E #4B117E #7E117A

triadic

#4B117E #7E4B11 #117E4B

tetradic

#4B117E #7E1511 #447E11 #117A7E

square

#4B117E #7E1511 #447E11 #117A7E

split-complementary

#4B117E #7A7E11 #117E15

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0A48 #4B117E #6B18B4 #8B27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4B117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4B117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B117E

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B117E	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.165 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a4',
    500: '#4b117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b117e;
$custom-light: #8359a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.927,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34542,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B117E

secondary

#71B437

accent

#F3358E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B117E

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

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