#4B147D#4B147D

#4B147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.161 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B147D
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 44.91, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 65.63, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.085 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.161 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8526, 3.4768, 19.7081)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B147D #467D14

analogous

#17147D #4B147D #7D147A

triadic

#4B147D #7D4B14 #147D4B

tetradic

#4B147D #7D1714 #467D14 #147A7D

square

#4B147D #7D1714 #467D14 #147A7D

split-complementary

#4B147D #7A7D14 #147D17

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C48 #4B147D #6B1CB2 #8A2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4B147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4B147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B147D

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B147D	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.161 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa4',
    500: '#4b147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b147d;
$custom-light: #835aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.347,
    "c": 0.16098,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B147D

secondary

#74B23A

accent

#EF3990

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B147D

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

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