#4B147F#4B147F

#4B147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.163 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B147F
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 45.40, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 66.67, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0843 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.163 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9816, 3.5284, 20.3878)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B147F #487F14

analogous

#16147F #4B147F #7F147E

triadic

#4B147F #7F4B14 #147F4B

tetradic

#4B147F #7F1614 #487F14 #147E7F

square

#4B147F #7F1614 #487F14 #147E7F

split-complementary

#4B147F #7E7F14 #147F16

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C4A #4B147F #6A1CB4 #892FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4B147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B147F

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B147F	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.163 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa5',
    500: '#4b147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b147f;
$custom-light: #835aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34887,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B147F

secondary

#76B43B

accent

#EF3891

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B147F

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

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