#4B147A#4B147A

#4B147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.158 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B147A
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 44.17, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 64.06, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0859 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.158 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.6638, 3.4013, 18.7140)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B147A #437A14

analogous

#18147A #4B147A #7A1476

triadic

#4B147A #7A4B14 #147A4B

tetradic

#4B147A #7A1814 #437A14 #14767A

square

#4B147A #7A1814 #437A14 #14767A

split-complementary

#4B147A #767A14 #147A18

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0B45 #4B147A #6B1DAF #8B2CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4B147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4B147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B147A

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B147A	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)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.158 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa1',
    500: '#4b147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b147a;
$custom-light: #835aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34423,
    "c": 0.15788,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B147A

secondary

#70B03A

accent

#EF398D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B147A

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

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