#4B158D#4B158D

#4B158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.177 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B158D
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 48.55, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 73.51, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0786 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.177 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9762, 3.9551, 25.5373)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B158D #578D15

analogous

#151B8D #4B158D #87158D

triadic

#4B158D #8D4B15 #158D4B

tetradic

#4B158D #8D151B #578D15 #158D87

square

#4B158D #8D151B #578D15 #158D87

split-complementary

#4B158D #8D8715 #1B8D15

monochromatic

#120522 #2F0D58 #4B158D #671DC2 #863BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4B158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B158D

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B158D	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.177 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855baf',
    500: '#4b158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b158d;
$custom-light: #855baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36318,
    "c": 0.17673,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B158D

secondary

#85C13D

accent

#F1379D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B158D

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

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