#4B2172#4B2172

#4B2172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.134 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2172
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 36.20, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 53.20, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0748 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.134 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.4821, 3.7985, 16.3080)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2172 #487221

analogous

#232172 #4B2172 #722171

triadic

#4B2172 #724B21 #21724B

tetradic

#4B2172 #722321 #487221 #217172

square

#4B2172 #722321 #487221 #217172

split-complementary

#4B2172 #717221 #217223

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1343 #4B2172 #6A2FA1 #8944C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4B2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2172

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2172	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.134 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609b',
    500: '#4b2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2172;
$custom-light: #81609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35207,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2172

secondary

#76A549

accent

#DE4991

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2172

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

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