#4B2173#4B2173

#4B2173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.135 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2173
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 36.47, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 53.76, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.0747 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.135 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5393, 3.8214, 16.6094)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2173 #497321

analogous

#222173 #4B2173 #732172

triadic

#4B2173 #734B21 #21734B

tetradic

#4B2173 #732221 #497321 #217273

square

#4B2173 #732221 #497321 #217273

split-complementary

#4B2173 #727321 #217322

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1343 #4B2173 #6A2FA3 #8945CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4B2173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B2173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2173

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2173	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.135 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609c',
    500: '#4b2173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2173;
$custom-light: #81609c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35288,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2173

secondary

#77A649

accent

#DF4992

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2173

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

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