#4B147E#4B147E

#4B147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.162 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B147E
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 45.16, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 66.15, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0846 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.162 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9168, 3.5025, 20.0463)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B147E #477E14

analogous

#16147E #4B147E #7E147C

triadic

#4B147E #7E4B14 #147E4B

tetradic

#4B147E #7E1614 #477E14 #147C7E

square

#4B147E #7E1614 #477E14 #147C7E

split-complementary

#4B147E #7C7E14 #147E16

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C49 #4B147E #6A1CB3 #8A2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4B147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4B147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B147E

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B147E	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.162 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa4',
    500: '#4b147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b147e;
$custom-light: #835aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34793,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B147E

secondary

#75B33A

accent

#EF3890

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B147E

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

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