#4B2178#4B2178

#4B2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.141 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2178
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 37.79, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 56.54, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0739 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.141 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8349, 3.9396, 18.1660)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2178 #4E7821

analogous

#212278 #4B2178 #772178

triadic

#4B2178 #784B21 #21784B

tetradic

#4B2178 #782122 #4E7821 #217877

square

#4B2178 #782122 #4E7821 #217877

split-complementary

#4B2178 #787721 #227821

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2D1448 #4B2178 #692EA8 #8747CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4B2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2178

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2178	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.141 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a0',
    500: '#4b2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2178;
$custom-light: #8260a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35698,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2178

secondary

#7CAB4A

accent

#E04897

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2178

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

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