#4B147B#4B147B

#4B147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.159 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B147B
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 44.42, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 64.59, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0856 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.159 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7261, 3.4262, 19.0420)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B147B #447B14

analogous

#18147B #4B147B #7B1477

triadic

#4B147B #7B4B14 #147B4B

tetradic

#4B147B #7B1814 #447B14 #14777B

square

#4B147B #7B1814 #447B14 #14777B

split-complementary

#4B147B #777B14 #147B18

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0B46 #4B147B #6B1DB0 #8B2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#4B147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4B147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B147B

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B147B	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.159 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa2',
    500: '#4b147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b147b;
$custom-light: #835aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34515,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B147B

secondary

#71B13A

accent

#EF398E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B147B

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

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