#4B217A#4B217A

#4B217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.143 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B217A
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 38.32, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 57.64, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0736 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.143 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9575, 3.9887, 18.8119)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B217A #507A21

analogous

#21237A #4B217A #77217A

triadic

#4B217A #7A4B21 #217A4B

tetradic

#4B217A #7A2123 #507A21 #217A77

square

#4B217A #7A2123 #507A21 #217A77

split-complementary

#4B217A #7A7721 #237A21

monochromatic

#10071A #2D144A #4B217A #692EAA #8748CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4B217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B217A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B217A	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.143 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a1',
    500: '#4b217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b217a;
$custom-light: #8260a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35866,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B217A

secondary

#7EAD4A

accent

#E14798

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B217A

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

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