#4B218D#4B218D

#4B218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.165 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B218D
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 43.47, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 68.02, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0693 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.165 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2519, 4.5064, 25.6292)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B218D #638D21

analogous

#212D8D #4B218D #81218D

triadic

#4B218D #8D4B21 #218D4B

tetradic

#4B218D #8D212D #638D21 #218D81

square

#4B218D #8D212D #638D21 #218D81

split-complementary

#4B218D #8D8121 #2D8D21

monochromatic

#160A2A #31155B #4B218D #652DBF #8552D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4B218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4B218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B218D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B218D	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.165 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461af',
    500: '#4b218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b218d;
$custom-light: #8461af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37541,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B218D

secondary

#91BA50

accent

#E543A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B218D

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

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