#4B1161#4B1161

#4B1161 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.136 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1161
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 97)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.06, 39.43, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.06, 52.24, 319.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.99% 0.0951 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(31.99% 0.136 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2594, 2.7600, 11.5626)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1161 #276111

analogous

#231161 #4B1161 #61114F

triadic

#4B1161 #614B11 #11614B

tetradic

#4B1161 #612311 #276111 #114F61

square

#4B1161 #612311 #276111 #114F61

split-complementary

#4B1161 #4F6111 #116123

monochromatic

#14051A #23082D #4B1161 #731A95 #9C23C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#4B1161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4B1161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1161

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1161	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B305F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.136 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81578e',
    500: '#4b1161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1161;
$custom-light: #81578e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31988,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1161

secondary

#509934

accent

#ED3B6C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1161

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

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