#4B157D#4B157D

#4B157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.160 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B157D
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.99, 44.53, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.99, 65.22, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0842 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.16 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8706, 3.5128, 19.7141)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B157D #477D15

analogous

#17157D #4B157D #7D157B

triadic

#4B157D #7D4B15 #157D4B

tetradic

#4B157D #7D1715 #477D15 #157B7D

square

#4B157D #7D1715 #477D15 #157B7D

split-complementary

#4B157D #7B7D15 #157D17

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C49 #4B157D #6A1EB1 #8A30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4B157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4B157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B157D

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B157D	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.160 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa4',
    500: '#4b157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b157d;
$custom-light: #835aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34791,
    "c": 0.16005,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B157D

secondary

#75B23C

accent

#EE3A90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B157D

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

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