#4B157C#4B157C

#4B157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.159 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B157C
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 44.28, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 64.69, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0845 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.159 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8070, 3.4874, 19.3794)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B157C #467C15

analogous

#17157C #4B157C #7C1579

triadic

#4B157C #7C4B15 #157C4B

tetradic

#4B157C #7C1715 #467C15 #15797C

square

#4B157C #7C1715 #467C15 #15797C

split-complementary

#4B157C #797C15 #157C17

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C48 #4B157C #6B1EB0 #8A30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4B157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4B157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B157C

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B157C	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.159 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa3',
    500: '#4b157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b157c;
$custom-light: #835aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34698,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B157C

secondary

#74B13C

accent

#EE3A90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B157C

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

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