#4B156A#4B156A

#4B156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.140 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B156A
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.33, 39.91, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.33, 55.18, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0894 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.14 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7708, 3.0729, 13.9220)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B156A #346A15

analogous

#21156A #4B156A #6A155E

triadic

#4B156A #6A4B15 #156A4B

tetradic

#4B156A #6A2115 #346A15 #155E6A

square

#4B156A #6A2115 #346A15 #155E6A

split-complementary

#4B156A #5E6A15 #156A21

monochromatic

#12051A #270B37 #4B156A #6F1F9D #9329D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#4B156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4B156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B156A

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B156A	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.140 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815995',
    500: '#4b156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b156a;
$custom-light: #815995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.118,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33116,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B156A

secondary

#60A13A

accent

#EA3E7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B156A

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

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