#4B2180#4B2180

#4B2180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.150 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2180
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 39.93, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 60.95, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0724 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.15 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3408, 4.1420, 20.8306)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2180 #568021

analogous

#212780 #4B2180 #7B2180

triadic

#4B2180 #804B21 #21804B

tetradic

#4B2180 #802127 #568021 #21807B

square

#4B2180 #802127 #568021 #21807B

split-complementary

#4B2180 #807B21 #278021

monochromatic

#12081F #2E144F #4B2180 #682EB1 #864BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4B2180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B2180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2180

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2180	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.150 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a6',
    500: '#4b2180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2180;
$custom-light: #8360a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.526,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36379,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2180

secondary

#84B34A

accent

#E2469D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2180

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

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