#4B198E#4B198E

#4B198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.174 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B198E
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 47.28, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 72.38, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0755 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.174 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1304, 4.1439, 25.9574)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B198E #5C8E19

analogous

#19218E #4B198E #85198E

triadic

#4B198E #8E4B19 #198E4B

tetradic

#4B198E #8E1921 #5C8E19 #198E85

square

#4B198E #8E1921 #5C8E19 #198E85

split-complementary

#4B198E #8E8519 #218E19

monochromatic

#140726 #30105A #4B198E #6622C2 #8543DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4B198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B198E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B198E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.174 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855db0',
    500: '#4b198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b198e;
$custom-light: #855db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36775,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B198E

secondary

#8ABF44

accent

#ED3BA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B198E

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

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