#4B198B#4B198B

#4B198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.171 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B198B
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 46.50, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 70.82, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0765 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.171 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9082, 4.0550, 24.7871)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B198B #598B19

analogous

#19208B #4B198B #84198B

triadic

#4B198B #8B4B19 #198B4B

tetradic

#4B198B #8B1920 #598B19 #198B84

square

#4B198B #8B1920 #598B19 #198B84

split-complementary

#4B198B #8B8419 #208B19

monochromatic

#130623 #2F1057 #4B198B #6722BF #8641DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4B198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4B198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B198B

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B198B	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.171 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dae',
    500: '#4b198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b198b;
$custom-light: #845dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36487,
    "c": 0.17112,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B198B

secondary

#87BE42

accent

#EC3B9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B198B

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

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