#4B217F#4B217F

#4B217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.149 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B217F
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 39.66, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 60.40, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0726 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.149 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2753, 4.1158, 20.4857)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B217F #557F21

analogous

#21267F #4B217F #7A217F

triadic

#4B217F #7F4B21 #217F4B

tetradic

#4B217F #7F2126 #557F21 #217F7A

square

#4B217F #7F2126 #557F21 #217F7A

split-complementary

#4B217F #7F7A21 #267F21

monochromatic

#12081E #2E144E #4B217F #682EB0 #864AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4B217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B217F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B217F	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.149 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a5',
    500: '#4b217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b217f;
$custom-light: #8260a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36292,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B217F

secondary

#83B24A

accent

#E2469C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B217F

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