#4B185C#4B185C

#4B185C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.122 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B185C
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 92)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 35.32, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 46.25, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.35% 0.0882 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(32.35% 0.122 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1598, 2.9220, 10.4154)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B185C #295C18

analogous

#29185C #4B185C #5C184B

triadic

#4B185C #5C4B18 #185C4B

tetradic

#4B185C #5C2918 #295C18 #184B5C

square

#4B185C #5C2918 #295C18 #184B5C

split-complementary

#4B185C #4B5C18 #185C29

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2B #4B185C #73258D #9A31BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#4B185C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B185C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B185C

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B185C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B185C	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18315A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b185c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.122 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a8a',
    500: '#4b185c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b185c;
$custom-light: #805a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b185c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32347,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B185C

secondary

#53933D

accent

#E2466D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B185C

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

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