#4B0E59#4B0E59

#4B0E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.131 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B0E59
RGB	rgb(75, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(289, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.06, 38.79, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.06, 49.37, 321.78°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0992 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.131 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8616, 2.5314, 9.6818)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B0E59 #1C590E

analogous

#250E59 #4B0E59 #590E41

triadic

#4B0E59 #594B0E #0E594B

tetradic

#4B0E59 #59250E #1C590E #0E4159

square

#4B0E59 #59250E #1C590E #0E4159

split-complementary

#4B0E59 #41590E #0E5925

monochromatic

#16041A #1E0624 #4B0E59 #78168E #A41FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#4B0E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4B0E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B0E59

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B0E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B0E59	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b0e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.131 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805588',
    500: '#4b0e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b0e59;
$custom-light: #805588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b0e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.8,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3109,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B0E59

secondary

#429330

accent

#F0385A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B0E59

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

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