#4B187D#4B187D

#4B187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.157 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B187D
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 43.32, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 63.89, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0817 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.157 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9290, 3.6297, 19.7336)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B187D #4A7D18

analogous

#19187D #4B187D #7D187D

triadic

#4B187D #7D4B18 #187D4B

tetradic

#4B187D #7D1918 #4A7D18 #187D7D

square

#4B187D #7D1918 #4A7D18 #187D7D

split-complementary

#4B187D #7D7D18 #187D19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4A #4B187D #6A22B0 #8937D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4B187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4B187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B187D

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B187D	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.157 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca3',
    500: '#4b187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b187d;
$custom-light: #835ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35081,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B187D

secondary

#78B23F

accent

#EB3D93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B187D

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

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