#4B0E70#4B0E70

#4B0E70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.153 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B0E70
RGB	rgb(75, 14, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 78%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 88%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 87.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.96, 43.88, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.96, 61.17, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.0937 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.153 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9827, 2.9799, 15.5861)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B0E70 #33700E

analogous

#1A0E70 #4B0E70 #700E64

triadic

#4B0E70 #704B0E #0E704B

tetradic

#4B0E70 #701A0E #33700E #0E6470

square

#4B0E70 #701A0E #33700E #0E6470

split-complementary

#4B0E70 #64700E #0E701A

monochromatic

#12031B #27073A #4B0E70 #6F15A6 #941CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#4B0E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4B0E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B0E70

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B0E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B0E70	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b0e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 14, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.153 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82579a',
    500: '#4b0e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b0e70;
$custom-light: #82579a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b0e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.347,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33018,
    "c": 0.15325,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B0E70

secondary

#5EA832

accent

#F4347C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B0E70

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

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