#4B0B56#4B0B56

#4B0B56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.131 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B0B56
RGB	rgb(75, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(291, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(291, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.49, 39.16, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.49, 48.99, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(30.62% 0.1023 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(30.62% 0.131 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7008, 2.4073, 9.0194)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B0B56 #16560B

analogous

#260B56 #4B0B56 #560B3C

triadic

#4B0B56 #564B0B #0B564B

tetradic

#4B0B56 #56260B #16560B #0B3C56

square

#4B0B56 #56260B #16560B #0B3C56

split-complementary

#4B0B56 #3C560B #0B5626

monochromatic

#18031B #1C0420 #4B0B56 #7A128C #AA19C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#4B0B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4B0B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B0B56

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B0B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B0B56	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b0b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.131 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805486',
    500: '#4b0b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b0b56;
$custom-light: #805486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b0b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3062,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B0B56

secondary

#3A912B

accent

#F43450

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B0B56

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

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