#4B157F#4B157F

#4B157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.162 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B157F
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 45.03, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 66.26, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0835 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.162 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.9996, 3.5644, 20.3938)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B157F #497F15

analogous

#16157F #4B157F #7F157E

triadic

#4B157F #7F4B15 #157F4B

tetradic

#4B157F #7F1615 #497F15 #157E7F

square

#4B157F #7F1615 #497F15 #157E7F

split-complementary

#4B157F #7E7F15 #157F16

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C4A #4B157F #6A1EB4 #8931DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#4B157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B157F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B157F	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.162 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa5',
    500: '#4b157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b157f;
$custom-light: #835aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34976,
    "c": 0.16213,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.03564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B157F

secondary

#77B43C

accent

#EE3992

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B157F

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

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