#4B2177#4B2177

#4B2177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.140 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2177
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 37.52, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 55.98, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0741 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.14 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7745, 3.9155, 17.8480)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2177 #4D7721

analogous

#212277 #4B2177 #762177

triadic

#4B2177 #774B21 #21774B

tetradic

#4B2177 #772122 #4D7721 #217776

square

#4B2177 #772122 #4D7721 #217776

split-complementary

#4B2177 #777621 #227721

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2D1447 #4B2177 #692EA7 #8847CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4B2177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B2177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2177

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2177	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.140 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609f',
    500: '#4b2177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2177;
$custom-light: #81609f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35615,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2177

secondary

#7BAA4A

accent

#E04896

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2177

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

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