#4B227D#4B227D

#4B227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.145 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B227D
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 38.61, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 58.73, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0719 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.145 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1744, 4.1205, 19.8154)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B227D #547D22

analogous

#22267D #4B227D #78227D

triadic

#4B227D #7D4B22 #227D4B

tetradic

#4B227D #7D2226 #547D22 #227D78

square

#4B227D #7D2226 #547D22 #227D78

split-complementary

#4B227D #7D7822 #267D22

monochromatic

#11081D #2E154D #4B227D #682FAD #864BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4B227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B227D

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B227D	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.145 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a3',
    500: '#4b227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b227d;
$custom-light: #8261a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36251,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B227D

secondary

#82B04B

accent

#E0479B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B227D

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

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