#4B277B#4B277B

#4B277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.136 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B277B
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 35.37, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 54.66, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0665 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.136 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2014, 4.3769, 19.2005)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B277B #577B27

analogous

#272D7B #4B277B #75277B

triadic

#4B277B #7B4B27 #277B4B

tetradic

#4B277B #7B272D #577B27 #277B75

square

#4B277B #7B272D #577B27 #277B75

split-complementary

#4B277B #7B7527 #2D7B27

monochromatic

#120A1E #2F184D #4B277B #6736A9 #8654C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4B277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B277B

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B277B	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.136 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a2',
    500: '#4b277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b277b;
$custom-light: #8164a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36783,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B277B

secondary

#85AD51

accent

#DB4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B277B

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

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