#4B2181#4B2181

#4B2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.151 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2181
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 40.20, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 61.50, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0722 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.151 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4069, 4.1684, 21.1790)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2181 #578121

analogous

#212781 #4B2181 #7B2181

triadic

#4B2181 #814B21 #21814B

tetradic

#4B2181 #812127 #578121 #21817B

square

#4B2181 #812127 #578121 #21817B

split-complementary

#4B2181 #817B21 #278121

monochromatic

#120820 #2F1550 #4B2181 #672DB2 #864BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4B2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2181

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2181	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.151 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a6',
    500: '#4b2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2181;
$custom-light: #8360a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36466,
    "c": 0.15128,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2181

secondary

#85B44A

accent

#E2459E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2181

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

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