#4B17A0#4B17A0

#4B17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.195 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B17A0
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 52.71, -63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 82.38, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0702 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.195 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5514, 4.6463, 33.6444)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B17A0 #6CA017

analogous

#1727A0 #4B17A0 #8F17A0

triadic

#4B17A0 #A04B17 #17A04B

tetradic

#4B17A0 #A01727 #6CA017 #17A08F

square

#4B17A0 #A01727 #6CA017 #17A08F

split-complementary

#4B17A0 #A08F17 #27A017

monochromatic

#190835 #320F6A #4B17A0 #641FD6 #864CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4B17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4B17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B17A0

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B17A0	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.195 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885dbd',
    500: '#4b17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b17a0;
$custom-light: #885dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.774,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38397,
    "c": 0.19507,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B17A0

secondary

#98C74C

accent

#F136AA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B17A0

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

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