#4B1156#4B1156

#4B1156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.125 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1156
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 37.05, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 46.59, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.14% 0.0967 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(31.14% 0.125 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7816, 2.5689, 9.0463)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1156 #1C5611

analogous

#291156 #4B1156 #56113E

triadic

#4B1156 #564B11 #11564B

tetradic

#4B1156 #562911 #1C5611 #113E56

square

#4B1156 #562911 #1C5611 #113E56

split-complementary

#4B1156 #3E5611 #115629

monochromatic

#16051A #1E0723 #4B1156 #781B89 #A425BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#4B1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4B1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1156

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1156	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.125 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805686',
    500: '#4b1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1156;
$custom-light: #805686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.435,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31139,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1156

secondary

#428F34

accent

#EA3E59

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1156

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

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