#4B218B#4B218B

#4B218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.163 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B218B
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 42.92, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 66.94, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0698 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.163 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1045, 4.4474, 24.8525)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B218B #618B21

analogous

#212C8B #4B218B #80218B

triadic

#4B218B #8B4B21 #218B4B

tetradic

#4B218B #8B212C #618B21 #218B80

square

#4B218B #8B212C #618B21 #218B80

split-complementary

#4B218B #8B8021 #2C8B21

monochromatic

#160A28 #30155A #4B218B #662DBC #8551D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4B218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B218B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B218B	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.163 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ae',
    500: '#4b218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b218b;
$custom-light: #8461ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37358,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B218B

secondary

#8FB94F

accent

#E543A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B218B

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

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