#4B197A#4B197A

#4B197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B197A
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 42.14, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 61.83, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0816 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.153 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7613, 3.5962, 18.7465)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B197A #487A19

analogous

#1B197A #4B197A #7A1979

triadic

#4B197A #7A4B19 #197A4B

tetradic

#4B197A #7A1B19 #487A19 #19797A

square

#4B197A #7A1B19 #487A19 #19797A

split-complementary

#4B197A #797A19 #197A1B

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F47 #4B197A #6A23AD #8937D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4B197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B197A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B197A	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca1',
    500: '#4b197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b197a;
$custom-light: #825ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.928,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34915,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B197A

secondary

#76AF40

accent

#E93F91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B197A

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

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