#4B1159#4B1159

#4B1159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.128 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1159
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 37.68, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 48.12, 321.55°)
OKLab	oklab(31.36% 0.0963 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(31.36% 0.128 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9050, 2.6183, 9.6963)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1159 #1F5911

analogous

#271159 #4B1159 #591143

triadic

#4B1159 #594B11 #11594B

tetradic

#4B1159 #592711 #1F5911 #114359

square

#4B1159 #592711 #1F5911 #114359

split-complementary

#4B1159 #435911 #115927

monochromatic

#16051A #200726 #4B1159 #761B8C #A225C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#4B1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4B1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1159

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1159	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.128 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805688',
    500: '#4b1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1159;
$custom-light: #805688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31363,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1159

secondary

#469234

accent

#EB3D5F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1159

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

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