#4B197F#4B197F

#4B197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.158 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B197F
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 43.41, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 64.49, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0803 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.158 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0791, 3.7234, 20.4203)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B197F #4D7F19

analogous

#191A7F #4B197F #7E197F

triadic

#4B197F #7F4B19 #197F4B

tetradic

#4B197F #7F191A #4D7F19 #197F7E

square

#4B197F #7F191A #4D7F19 #197F7E

split-complementary

#4B197F #7F7E19 #1A7F19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0F4C #4B197F #6923B2 #883AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#4B197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4B197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B197F

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B197F	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.158 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca5',
    500: '#4b197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b197f;
$custom-light: #835ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35366,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B197F

secondary

#7BB341

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B197F

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

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