#4B156E#4B156E

#4B156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.144 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B156E
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 40.86, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 57.30, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.46% 0.0884 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(33.46% 0.144 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9837, 3.1581, 15.0432)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B156E #386E15

analogous

#1E156E #4B156E #6E1564

triadic

#4B156E #6E4B15 #156E4B

tetradic

#4B156E #6E1E15 #386E15 #15646E

square

#4B156E #6E1E15 #386E15 #15646E

split-complementary

#4B156E #646E15 #156E1E

monochromatic

#12051A #280B3B #4B156E #6E1FA1 #9129D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#4B156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B156E

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B156E	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.144 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815998',
    500: '#4b156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b156e;
$custom-light: #815998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.404,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33455,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B156E

secondary

#64A43A

accent

#EB3D81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B156E

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

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