#4B2171#4B2171

#4B2171 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.132 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2171
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 35.94, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 52.64, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.075 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.132 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4255, 3.7759, 16.0099)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2171 #477121

analogous

#232171 #4B2171 #71216F

triadic

#4B2171 #714B21 #21714B

tetradic

#4B2171 #712321 #477121 #216F71

square

#4B2171 #712321 #477121 #216F71

split-complementary

#4B2171 #6F7121 #217123

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1342 #4B2171 #6A2FA0 #8A44C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4B2171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B2171 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2171

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2171	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.132 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609a',
    500: '#4b2171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2171;
$custom-light: #81609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35127,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2171

secondary

#75A549

accent

#DE4A90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2171

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

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