#4B217D#4B217D

#4B217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.147 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B217D
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 39.13, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 59.30, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.073 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.147 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1463, 4.0642, 19.8060)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B217D #537D21

analogous

#21257D #4B217D #79217D

triadic

#4B217D #7D4B21 #217D4B

tetradic

#4B217D #7D2125 #537D21 #217D79

square

#4B217D #7D2125 #537D21 #217D79

split-complementary

#4B217D #7D7921 #257D21

monochromatic

#11071C #2E144D #4B217D #682EAD #8649CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#4B217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4B217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B217D

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B217D	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.147 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a3',
    500: '#4b217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b217d;
$custom-light: #8260a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3612,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B217D

secondary

#81B04A

accent

#E1469B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B217D

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

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