#4B225E#4B225E

#4B225E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.108 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B225E
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 94)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 63.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 30.58, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 41.43, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0748 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.108 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4937, 3.4482, 10.9637)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B225E #355E22

analogous

#2D225E #4B225E #5E2253

triadic

#4B225E #5E4B22 #225E4B

tetradic

#4B225E #5E2D22 #355E22 #22535E

square

#4B225E #5E2D22 #355E22 #22535E

split-complementary

#4B225E #535E22 #225E2D

monochromatic

#120816 #271231 #4B225E #6F328B #9343B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4B225E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4B225E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B225E

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B225E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B225E	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20355D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b225e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.108 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f608c',
    500: '#4b225e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b225e;
$custom-light: #7f608c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b225e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33855,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B225E

secondary

#61924A

accent

#D7517B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B225E

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

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