#4B115C#4B115C

#4B115C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.131 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B115C
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.67, 38.33, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.67, 49.66, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(31.59% 0.0959 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(31.59% 0.131 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0336, 2.6697, 10.3733)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B115C #225C11

analogous

#26115C #4B115C #5C1148

triadic

#4B115C #5C4B11 #115C4B

tetradic

#4B115C #5C2611 #225C11 #11485C

square

#4B115C #5C2611 #225C11 #11485C

split-complementary

#4B115C #485C11 #115C26

monochromatic

#15051A #210728 #4B115C #751B90 #9F24C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#4B115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4B115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B115C

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B115C	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.131 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80578b',
    500: '#4b115c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b115c;
$custom-light: #80578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31593,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B115C

secondary

#4A9534

accent

#EC3C64

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B115C

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

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