#4B185E#4B185E

#4B185E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.124 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B185E
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.87, 35.77, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.87, 47.31, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% 0.088 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.124 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2483, 2.9575, 10.8819)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B185E #2B5E18

analogous

#28185E #4B185E #5E184E

triadic

#4B185E #5E4B18 #185E4B

tetradic

#4B185E #5E2818 #2B5E18 #184E5E

square

#4B185E #5E2818 #2B5E18 #184E5E

split-complementary

#4B185E #4E5E18 #185E28

monochromatic

#130618 #240C2D #4B185E #72248F #9931C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#4B185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4B185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B185E

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B185E	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.124 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a8c',
    500: '#4b185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b185e;
$custom-light: #805a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32496,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B185E

secondary

#55943D

accent

#E34570

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B185E

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

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