#4B217B#4B217B

#4B217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.144 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B217B
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 38.59, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 58.19, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0734 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.144 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0198, 4.0136, 19.1399)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B217B #517B21

analogous

#21247B #4B217B #78217B

triadic

#4B217B #7B4B21 #217B4B

tetradic

#4B217B #7B2124 #517B21 #217B78

square

#4B217B #7B2124 #517B21 #217B78

split-complementary

#4B217B #7B7821 #247B21

monochromatic

#10071A #2E144B #4B217B #682EAB #8748CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4B217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B217B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B217B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.144 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a2',
    500: '#4b217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b217b;
$custom-light: #8260a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3595,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B217B

secondary

#7FAE4A

accent

#E14799

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B217B

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

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