#4B2371#4B2371

#4B2371 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.130 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2371
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 69%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 34.87, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 51.45, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0725 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.13 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.4826, 3.8902, 16.0289)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2371 #497123

analogous

#242371 #4B2371 #712370

triadic

#4B2371 #714B23 #23714B

tetradic

#4B2371 #712423 #497123 #237071

square

#4B2371 #712423 #497123 #237071

split-complementary

#4B2371 #707123 #237124

monochromatic

#100717 #2C1542 #4B2371 #6A31A0 #8948C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#4B2371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B2371 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2371

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2371	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.130 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81619a',
    500: '#4b2371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2371;
$custom-light: #81619a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35406,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2371

secondary

#77A44C

accent

#DC4C92

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2371

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

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