#4B218E#4B218E

#4B218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.166 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B218E
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 43.74, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 68.56, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.069 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.166 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3267, 4.5363, 26.0228)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B218E #648E21

analogous

#212E8E #4B218E #82218E

triadic

#4B218E #8E4B21 #218E4B

tetradic

#4B218E #8E212E #648E21 #218E82

square

#4B218E #8E212E #648E21 #218E82

split-complementary

#4B218E #8E8221 #2E8E21

monochromatic

#170A2B #31155C #4B218E #652DC0 #8652D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4B218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B218E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B218E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.166 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b0',
    500: '#4b218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b218e;
$custom-light: #8461b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37633,
    "c": 0.16631,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B218E

secondary

#92BA50

accent

#E542A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B218E

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

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