#4B156C#4B156C

#4B156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.142 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B156C
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.50, 40.38, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.50, 56.24, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% 0.0889 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.142 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8760, 3.1150, 14.4762)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B156C #366C15

analogous

#1F156C #4B156C #6C1562

triadic

#4B156C #6C4B15 #156C4B

tetradic

#4B156C #6C1F15 #366C15 #15626C

square

#4B156C #6C1F15 #366C15 #15626C

split-complementary

#4B156C #626C15 #156C1F

monochromatic

#12051A #270B39 #4B156C #6F1F9F #9229D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#4B156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4B156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B156C

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B156C	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.142 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815997',
    500: '#4b156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b156c;
$custom-light: #815997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33284,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B156C

secondary

#62A33A

accent

#EA3D7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B156C

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

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