#4B156B#4B156B

#4B156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.141 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B156B
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 40.15, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 55.71, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.0891 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.141 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8231, 3.0938, 14.1975)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B156B #356B15

analogous

#20156B #4B156B #6B1560

triadic

#4B156B #6B4B15 #156B4B

tetradic

#4B156B #6B2015 #356B15 #15606B

square

#4B156B #6B2015 #356B15 #15606B

split-complementary

#4B156B #606B15 #156B20

monochromatic

#12051A #270B38 #4B156B #6F1F9E #9329D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4B156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4B156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B156B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B156B	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.141 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815996',
    500: '#4b156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b156b;
$custom-light: #815996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.332,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B156B

secondary

#61A23A

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B156B

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

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