#4B187C#4B187C

#4B187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.156 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B187C
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 43.07, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 63.36, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.082 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.156 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8655, 3.6043, 19.3989)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B187C #497C18

analogous

#19187C #4B187C #7C187B

triadic

#4B187C #7C4B18 #187C4B

tetradic

#4B187C #7C1918 #497C18 #187B7C

square

#4B187C #7C1918 #497C18 #187B7C

split-complementary

#4B187C #7B7C18 #187C19

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0E49 #4B187C #6A22AF #8936D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4B187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B187C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B187C	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.156 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba3',
    500: '#4b187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b187c;
$custom-light: #835ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3499,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B187C

secondary

#77B13F

accent

#EA3D92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B187C

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

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