#4B185B#4B185B

#4B185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.121 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B185B
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 35.09, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 45.72, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.0882 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.121 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.1163, 2.9047, 10.1867)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B185B #285B18

analogous

#2A185B #4B185B #5B1849

triadic

#4B185B #5B4B18 #185B4B

tetradic

#4B185B #5B2A18 #285B18 #18495B

square

#4B185B #5B2A18 #285B18 #18495B

split-complementary

#4B185B #495B18 #185B2A

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2B #4B185B #73258B #9B32BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#4B185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B185B

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B185B	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.121 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a8a',
    500: '#4b185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b185b;
$custom-light: #805a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32273,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.02904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B185B

secondary

#51923D

accent

#E1466B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B185B

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

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