#4B17B4#4B17B4

#4B17B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.216 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B17B4
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 57.87, -71.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 92.23, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0622 -0.2068)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.216 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4438, 5.4033, 43.6111)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B17B4 #80B417

analogous

#1731B4 #4B17B4 #9A17B4

triadic

#4B17B4 #B44B17 #17B44B

tetradic

#4B17B4 #B41731 #80B417 #17B49A

square

#4B17B4 #B41731 #80B417 #17B49A

split-complementary

#4B17B4 #B49A17 #31B417

monochromatic

#1E0947 #34107E #4B17B4 #6425E3 #8B5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4B17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B17B4

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B17B4	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.216 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fcc',
    500: '#4b17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b17b4;
$custom-light: #8b5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.873,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40501,
    "c": 0.21598,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B17B4

secondary

#A7CE59

accent

#F434B4

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B17B4

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

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