#4B1059#4B1059

#4B1059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.129 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1059
RGB	rgb(75, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.31, 38.07, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.31, 48.55, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.27% 0.0973 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(31.27% 0.129 319)
XYZ	xyz(4.8899, 2.5879, 9.6912)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1059 #1E5910

analogous

#261059 #4B1059 #591042

triadic

#4B1059 #594B10 #10594B

tetradic

#4B1059 #592610 #1E5910 #104259

square

#4B1059 #592610 #1E5910 #104259

split-complementary

#4B1059 #425910 #105926

monochromatic

#16051A #1F0725 #4B1059 #77198D #A223C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#4B1059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4B1059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1059

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1059	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.129 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805688',
    500: '#4b1059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1059;
$custom-light: #805688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.493,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31268,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.02588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1059

secondary

#459233

accent

#EC3B5D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1059

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

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