#4B2183#4B2183

#4B2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.154 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2183
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 40.75, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 62.59, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.64% 0.0717 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(36.64% 0.154 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5412, 4.2221, 21.8860)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2183 #598321

analogous

#212883 #4B2183 #7C2183

triadic

#4B2183 #834B21 #21834B

tetradic

#4B2183 #832128 #598321 #21837C

square

#4B2183 #832128 #598321 #21837C

split-complementary

#4B2183 #837C21 #288321

monochromatic

#130821 #2F1552 #4B2183 #672DB4 #864CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4B2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2183

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2183	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.154 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a8',
    500: '#4b2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2183;
$custom-light: #8360a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36641,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2183

secondary

#87B54B

accent

#E3459F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2183

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

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