#4B218A#4B218A

#4B218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.162 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B218A
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 42.65, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 66.40, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0701 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.162 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0317, 4.4184, 24.4695)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B218A #608A21

analogous

#212B8A #4B218A #7F218A

triadic

#4B218A #8A4B21 #218A4B

tetradic

#4B218A #8A212B #608A21 #218A7F

square

#4B218A #8A212B #608A21 #218A7F

split-complementary

#4B218A #8A7F21 #2B8A21

monochromatic

#150927 #301559 #4B218A #662DBB #8550D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4B218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B218A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B218A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.162 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ad',
    500: '#4b218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b218a;
$custom-light: #8461ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B218A

secondary

#8EB94E

accent

#E543A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B218A

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

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