#4B197B#4B197B

#4B197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.154 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B197B
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 42.39, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 62.36, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.0814 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.154 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8236, 3.6211, 19.0745)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B197B #497B19

analogous

#1A197B #4B197B #7B197A

triadic

#4B197B #7B4B19 #197B4B

tetradic

#4B197B #7B1A19 #497B19 #197A7B

square

#4B197B #7B1A19 #497B19 #197A7B

split-complementary

#4B197B #7A7B19 #197B1A

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F48 #4B197B #6A23AE #8938D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4B197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B197B

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B197B	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.154 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca2',
    500: '#4b197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b197b;
$custom-light: #825ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35005,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B197B

secondary

#77AF40

accent

#E93F92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B197B

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

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