#4B196B#4B196B

#4B196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.136 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B196B
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 38.39, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 53.77, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.63% 0.085 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(33.63% 0.136 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9026, 3.2528, 14.2240)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B196B #396B19

analogous

#22196B #4B196B #6B1962

triadic

#4B196B #6B4B19 #196B4B

tetradic

#4B196B #6B2219 #396B19 #19626B

square

#4B196B #6B2219 #396B19 #19626B

split-complementary

#4B196B #626B19 #196B22

monochromatic

#110619 #280D39 #4B196B #6E259D #9130CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4B196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4B196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B196B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B196B	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.136 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b96',
    500: '#4b196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b196b;
$custom-light: #815b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33633,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B196B

secondary

#65A13F

accent

#E54382

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B196B

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

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