#4B2184#4B2184

#4B2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.155 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2184
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 41.02, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 63.14, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0715 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.155 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6093, 4.2494, 22.2446)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2184 #5A8421

analogous

#212884 #4B2184 #7D2184

triadic

#4B2184 #844B21 #21844B

tetradic

#4B2184 #842128 #5A8421 #21847D

square

#4B2184 #842128 #5A8421 #21847D

split-complementary

#4B2184 #847D21 #288421

monochromatic

#130922 #2F1553 #4B2184 #672DB5 #864DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4B2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2184

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2184	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.155 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a9',
    500: '#4b2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2184;
$custom-light: #8360a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36729,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2184

secondary

#88B64B

accent

#E345A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2184

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

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