#4B197D#4B197D

#4B197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.156 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B197D
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 42.90, -46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 63.43, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.0808 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.156 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9500, 3.6717, 19.7406)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B197D #4B7D19

analogous

#19197D #4B197D #7D197D

triadic

#4B197D #7D4B19 #197D4B

tetradic

#4B197D #7D1919 #4B7D19 #197D7D

square

#4B197D #7D1919 #4B7D19 #197D7D

split-complementary

#4B197D #7D7D19 #197D19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0F4A #4B197D #6A23B0 #8839D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4B197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4B197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B197D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B197D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.156 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca3',
    500: '#4b197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b197d;
$custom-light: #835ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35184,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B197D

secondary

#79B140

accent

#EA3E94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B197D

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

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