#4B197E#4B197E

#4B197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.157 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B197E
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 43.15, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 63.96, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0805 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.157 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0142, 3.6974, 20.0787)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B197E #4C7E19

analogous

#191A7E #4B197E #7E197E

triadic

#4B197E #7E4B19 #197E4B

tetradic

#4B197E #7E191A #4C7E19 #197E7E

square

#4B197E #7E191A #4C7E19 #197E7E

split-complementary

#4B197E #7E7E19 #1A7E19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0F4B #4B197E #6923B1 #883AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#4B197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4B197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B197E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B197E	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.157 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca4',
    500: '#4b197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b197e;
$custom-light: #835ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35275,
    "c": 0.15709,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B197E

secondary

#7AB241

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B197E

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