#4B227F#4B227F

#4B227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.148 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B227F
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 39.15, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 59.84, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0715 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.148 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.3035, 4.1721, 20.4951)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B227F #567F22

analogous

#22277F #4B227F #7A227F

triadic

#4B227F #7F4B22 #227F4B

tetradic

#4B227F #7F2227 #567F22 #227F7A

square

#4B227F #7F2227 #567F22 #227F7A

split-complementary

#4B227F #7F7A22 #277F22

monochromatic

#12081E #2E154F #4B227F #682FAF #864CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4B227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B227F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B227F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.148 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a5',
    500: '#4b227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b227f;
$custom-light: #8261a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.452,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36421,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B227F

secondary

#84B24B

accent

#E1479D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B227F

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

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