#4B217C#4B217C

#4B217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.145 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B217C
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 38.86, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 58.75, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0732 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.145 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0827, 4.0387, 19.4713)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B217C #527C21

analogous

#21247C #4B217C #78217C

triadic

#4B217C #7C4B21 #217C4B

tetradic

#4B217C #7C2124 #527C21 #217C78

square

#4B217C #7C2124 #527C21 #217C78

split-complementary

#4B217C #7C7821 #247C21

monochromatic

#11071B #2E144C #4B217C #682EAC #8749CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4B217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4B217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B217C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B217C	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.145 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a3',
    500: '#4b217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b217c;
$custom-light: #8260a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36035,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B217C

secondary

#80AF4A

accent

#E1479A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B217C

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

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