#4B2197#4B2197

#4B2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.177 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2197
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 46.21, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 73.36, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0665 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.177 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0298, 4.8176, 29.7263)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2197 #6D9721

analogous

#213297 #4B2197 #862197

triadic

#4B2197 #974B21 #21974B

tetradic

#4B2197 #972132 #6D9721 #219786

square

#4B2197 #972132 #6D9721 #219786

split-complementary

#4B2197 #978621 #329721

monochromatic

#190B33 #321665 #4B2197 #642CC9 #8658DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#4B2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4B2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2197

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2197	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.177 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b7',
    500: '#4b2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2197;
$custom-light: #8661b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38477,
    "c": 0.17658,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2197

secondary

#99BE55

accent

#E741AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2197

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

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