#4B2185#4B2185

#4B2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.156 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2185
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 41.29, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 63.68, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0713 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.156 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6780, 4.2769, 22.6067)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2185 #5B8521

analogous

#212985 #4B2185 #7D2185

triadic

#4B2185 #854B21 #21854B

tetradic

#4B2185 #852129 #5B8521 #21857D

square

#4B2185 #852129 #5B8521 #21857D

split-complementary

#4B2185 #857D21 #298521

monochromatic

#140923 #2F1554 #4B2185 #672DB6 #864DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4B2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2185

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2185	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.156 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a9',
    500: '#4b2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2185;
$custom-light: #8361a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36818,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2185

secondary

#89B64C

accent

#E344A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2185

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

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