#4B277A#4B277A

#4B277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.135 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B277A
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 35.09, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 54.09, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0667 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.135 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1392, 4.3520, 18.8725)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B277A #567A27

analogous

#272D7A #4B277A #75277A

triadic

#4B277A #7A4B27 #277A4B

tetradic

#4B277A #7A272D #567A27 #277A75

square

#4B277A #7A272D #567A27 #277A75

split-complementary

#4B277A #7A7527 #2D7A27

monochromatic

#12091D #2E184C #4B277A #6836A8 #8653C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4B277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B277A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B277A	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.135 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a1',
    500: '#4b277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b277a;
$custom-light: #8164a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.024,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36702,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B277A

secondary

#84AC51

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B277A

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

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