#4B137C#4B137C

#4B137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.161 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B137C
RGB	rgb(75, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 45.03, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 65.51, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0861 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.161 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7717, 3.4168, 19.3676)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B137C #447C13

analogous

#16137C #4B137C #7C1378

triadic

#4B137C #7C4B13 #137C4B

tetradic

#4B137C #7C1613 #447C13 #13787C

square

#4B137C #7C1613 #447C13 #13787C

split-complementary

#4B137C #787C13 #137C16

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0B47 #4B137C #6B1BB1 #8B2BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4B137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4B137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B137C

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B137C	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.161 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a3',
    500: '#4b137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b137c;
$custom-light: #8359a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3452,
    "c": 0.16087,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B137C

secondary

#71B239

accent

#F0388E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B137C

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

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