#4B217E#4B217E

#4B217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.148 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B217E
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 39.40, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 59.85, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0728 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.148 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2105, 4.0898, 20.1442)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B217E #547E21

analogous

#21257E #4B217E #79217E

triadic

#4B217E #7E4B21 #217E4B

tetradic

#4B217E #7E2125 #547E21 #217E79

square

#4B217E #7E2125 #547E21 #217E79

split-complementary

#4B217E #7E7921 #257E21

monochromatic

#11081D #2E144E #4B217E #682EAE #864AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4B217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B217E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B217E	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.148 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a4',
    500: '#4b217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b217e;
$custom-light: #8260a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36206,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B217E

secondary

#82B14A

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B217E

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

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