#4B2187#4B2187

#4B2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.158 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2187
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 41.83, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 64.77, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0708 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.158 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8175, 4.3327, 23.3414)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2187 #5D8721

analogous

#212A87 #4B2187 #7E2187

triadic

#4B2187 #874B21 #21874B

tetradic

#4B2187 #87212A #5D8721 #21877E

square

#4B2187 #87212A #5D8721 #21877E

split-complementary

#4B2187 #877E21 #2A8721

monochromatic

#140925 #301556 #4B2187 #662DB8 #854FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4B2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2187

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2187	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.158 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ab',
    500: '#4b2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2187;
$custom-light: #8361ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36996,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2187

secondary

#8BB74D

accent

#E444A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2187

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

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