#4B157E#4B157E

#4B157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.161 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B157E
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 44.78, -48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 65.74, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0839 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.161 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9348, 3.5385, 20.0523)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B157E #487E15

analogous

#16157E #4B157E #7E157D

triadic

#4B157E #7E4B15 #157E4B

tetradic

#4B157E #7E1615 #487E15 #157D7E

square

#4B157E #7E1615 #487E15 #157D7E

split-complementary

#4B157E #7D7E15 #157E16

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C4A #4B157E #6A1EB2 #8931DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4B157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B157E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B157E	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.161 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa4',
    500: '#4b157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b157e;
$custom-light: #835aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34883,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B157E

secondary

#76B33C

accent

#EE3A91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B157E

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

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