#4B198D#4B198D

#4B198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.173 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B198D
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 47.02, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 71.86, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0758 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.173 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.0557, 4.1140, 25.5638)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B198D #5B8D19

analogous

#19218D #4B198D #85198D

triadic

#4B198D #8D4B19 #198D4B

tetradic

#4B198D #8D1921 #5B8D19 #198D85

square

#4B198D #8D1921 #5B8D19 #198D85

split-complementary

#4B198D #8D8519 #218D19

monochromatic

#140725 #2F1059 #4B198D #6722C1 #8643DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4B198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B198D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B198D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.173 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855daf',
    500: '#4b198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b198d;
$custom-light: #855daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36679,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B198D

secondary

#89BF43

accent

#ED3BA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B198D

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

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