#4B2179#4B2179

#4B2179 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.142 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2179
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 38.06, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 57.09, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0737 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.142 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8959, 3.9640, 18.4873)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2179 #4F7921

analogous

#212379 #4B2179 #772179

triadic

#4B2179 #794B21 #21794B

tetradic

#4B2179 #792123 #4F7921 #217977

square

#4B2179 #792123 #4F7921 #217977

split-complementary

#4B2179 #797721 #237921

monochromatic

#0F0719 #2D1449 #4B2179 #692EA9 #8747CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4B2179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B2179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2179

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2179	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.142 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a0',
    500: '#4b2179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2179;
$custom-light: #8260a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35782,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2179

secondary

#7DAC4A

accent

#E04797

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2179

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

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