#4B157B#4B157B

#4B157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.158 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B157B
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 44.04, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 64.17, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0848 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.158 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7441, 3.4622, 19.0480)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B157B #457B15

analogous

#18157B #4B157B #7B1578

triadic

#4B157B #7B4B15 #157B4B

tetradic

#4B157B #7B1815 #457B15 #15787B

square

#4B157B #7B1815 #457B15 #15787B

split-complementary

#4B157B #787B15 #157B18

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C47 #4B157B #6B1EAF #8A2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4B157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4B157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B157B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B157B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.158 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa2',
    500: '#4b157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b157b;
$custom-light: #835aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34607,
    "c": 0.15796,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B157B

secondary

#72B03B

accent

#EE3A8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B157B

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

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