#4B218F#4B218F

#4B218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.167 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B218F
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 44.02, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 69.09, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0688 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.167 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4021, 4.5665, 26.4200)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B218F #658F21

analogous

#212E8F #4B218F #82218F

triadic

#4B218F #8F4B21 #218F4B

tetradic

#4B218F #8F212E #658F21 #218F82

square

#4B218F #8F212E #658F21 #218F82

split-complementary

#4B218F #8F8221 #2E8F21

monochromatic

#170A2C #31165D #4B218F #652CC1 #8653D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4B218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B218F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B218F	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.167 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b1',
    500: '#4b218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b218f;
$custom-light: #8461b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37725,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B218F

secondary

#92BB51

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B218F

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

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