#4B156D#4B156D

#4B156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.143 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B156D
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 40.62, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 56.77, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0887 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.143 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9296, 3.1364, 14.7581)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B156D #376D15

analogous

#1F156D #4B156D #6D1563

triadic

#4B156D #6D4B15 #156D4B

tetradic

#4B156D #6D1F15 #376D15 #15636D

square

#4B156D #6D1F15 #376D15 #15636D

split-complementary

#4B156D #636D15 #156D1F

monochromatic

#12051A #280B3A #4B156D #6E1FA0 #9229D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4B156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B156D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B156D	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.143 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815997',
    500: '#4b156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b156d;
$custom-light: #815997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33369,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B156D

secondary

#63A33A

accent

#EB3D80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B156D

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

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