HEX atlas value

#4B0082

#4B0082 is a cool purple HEX color nearest Indigo. RGB 75, 0, 130, HSL 275° 100% 25%, luminance 0.0311; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool jewel-tone

#4B0082 Sample readable text

HEX #4B0082

RGB rgb(75, 0, 130)

HSL hsl(275 100% 25%)

CMYK cmyk(42, 100, 0, 49)

Luminance 0.0311

Contrast Black 1.62:1White 12.95:1

CSS

--color-4b0082: #4B0082;
.background-4b0082 { background-color: #4B0082; }
.text-4b0082 { color: #4B0082; }

HEX meaning and use

About #4B0082

#4B0082 is classified as a cool purple value with jewel tone visual character. #4B0082 is visually closest to Indigo, a named purple color with HEX #4B0082.

The RGB channels are 75, 0, and 130, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 275deg with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.0311, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.62:1AA Fail

White text12.95:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #4B0082 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.62:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF12.95:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#150024#150024 · #FFFFFF text · best 19.85:1 #0B0080#0B0080 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.84:1 Midnight Blue#191970 · #FFFFFF text · best 14.85:1 Ultramarine#120A8F · #FFFFFF text · best 14.32:1 #480E71#480E71 · #FFFFFF text · best 13.32:1

Generated Palette

Indigo#4B0082

#358000#358000

#0B0080#0B0080

#800075#800075

#8000DB#8000DB

#150024#150024

Color Harmonies

#358000#358000

#0B0080#0B0080

#800075#800075

#804A00#804A00

#00804A#00804A

Variants

#8000DB#8000DB

#150024#150024

#4A0080#4A0080

#480E71#480E71

#9213EC#9213EC

#6200A8#6200A8

Nearest Named Colors

Indigo#4B0082

Purple#800080

Imperial Purple#602F6B

Midnight Blue#191970

Ultramarine#120A8F

Luminance0.0311

Black text1.62:1AA Fail

White text12.95:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#4B0082","rgb":[75,0,130],"hsl":[275,100,25],"cmyk":[42,100,0,49],"luminance":0.0311,"contrast":{"black":1.62,"white":12.95}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.62,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":12.95,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#150024","hex":"#150024","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.06,"contrastWhite":19.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0B0080","hex":"#0B0080","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.33,"contrastWhite":15.84,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Midnight Blue","hex":"#191970","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.41,"contrastWhite":14.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Ultramarine","hex":"#120A8F","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.47,"contrastWhite":14.32,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#480E71","hex":"#480E71","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.58,"contrastWhite":13.32,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","jewel tone","jewel tone purple","Indigo adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/4b0082.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/indigo.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/purple.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/imperial-purple.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#358000","analogous":["#0B0080","#800075"],"triadic":["#804A00","#00804A"],"tetradic":["#800B00","#358000","#007580"],"splitComplementary":["#758000","#00800B"],"monochromatic":["#8000DB","#4B0082","#150024"]}

Variants

{"light":"#8000DB","dark":"#150024","saturated":"#4A0080","desaturated":"#480E71","pastel":"#9213EC","neon":"#6200A8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"indigo","name":"Indigo","hex":"#4B0082","distance":0},{"slug":"purple","name":"Purple","hex":"#800080","distance":53.03772242470448},{"slug":"imperial-purple","name":"Imperial Purple","hex":"#602F6B","distance":56.382621436041795},{"slug":"midnight-blue","name":"Midnight Blue","hex":"#191970","distance":58.728187440104094},{"slug":"ultramarine","name":"Ultramarine","hex":"#120A8F","distance":59.312730505347666}]

#4B0082

CSS

About #4B0082

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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