#4B2271#4B2271

#4B2271 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.131 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2271
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 35.41, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 52.05, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0738 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.131 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4536, 3.8322, 16.0193)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2271 #487122

analogous

#242271 #4B2271 #712270

triadic

#4B2271 #714B22 #22714B

tetradic

#4B2271 #712422 #487122 #227071

square

#4B2271 #712422 #487122 #227071

split-complementary

#4B2271 #707122 #227124

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1442 #4B2271 #6A30A0 #8946C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4B2271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4B2271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2271

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2271	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.131 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609a',
    500: '#4b2271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2271;
$custom-light: #81609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35265,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2271

secondary

#76A44A

accent

#DD4B91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2271

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

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