#4B157A#4B157A

#4B157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.157 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B157A
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 43.79, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 63.64, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0851 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.157 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6818, 3.4373, 18.7200)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B157A #447A15

analogous

#18157A #4B157A #7A1576

triadic

#4B157A #7A4B15 #157A4B

tetradic

#4B157A #7A1815 #447A15 #15767A

square

#4B157A #7A1815 #447A15 #15767A

split-complementary

#4B157A #767A15 #157A18

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C46 #4B157A #6B1EAE #8B2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#4B157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4B157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B157A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B157A	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.157 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa1',
    500: '#4b157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b157a;
$custom-light: #835aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34515,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B157A

secondary

#71AF3B

accent

#ED3A8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B157A

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

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