#4B2175#4B2175

#4B2175 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.137 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2175
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 117)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 36.99, -40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 54.87, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0744 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.137 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6556, 3.8679, 17.2221)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2175 #4B7521

analogous

#212175 #4B2175 #752175

triadic

#4B2175 #754B21 #21754B

tetradic

#4B2175 #752121 #4B7521 #217575

square

#4B2175 #752121 #4B7521 #217575

split-complementary

#4B2175 #757521 #217521

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2C1445 #4B2175 #6A2EA5 #8846CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4B2175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4B2175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2175

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2175	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.137 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609d',
    500: '#4b2175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2175;
$custom-light: #81609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35451,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2175

secondary

#79A84A

accent

#DF4994

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2175

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

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