#4B197C#4B197C

#4B197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.155 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B197C
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 42.64, -46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 62.90, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0811 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.155 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8865, 3.6463, 19.4059)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B197C #4A7C19

analogous

#1A197C #4B197C #7C197C

triadic

#4B197C #7C4B19 #197C4B

tetradic

#4B197C #7C1A19 #4A7C19 #197C7C

square

#4B197C #7C1A19 #4A7C19 #197C7C

split-complementary

#4B197C #7C7C19 #197C1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2C0F49 #4B197C #6A23AF #8938D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4B197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4B197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B197C

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B197C	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.155 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca3',
    500: '#4b197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b197c;
$custom-light: #835ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35094,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B197C

secondary

#78B040

accent

#E93E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B197C

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

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