#4B1172#4B1172

#4B1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.153 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1172
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.49, 43.34, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.49, 61.09, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0908 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.153 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1387, 3.1117, 16.1936)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1172 #387211

analogous

#1A1172 #4B1172 #721168

triadic

#4B1172 #724B11 #11724B

tetradic

#4B1172 #721A11 #387211 #116872

square

#4B1172 #721A11 #387211 #116872

split-complementary

#4B1172 #687211 #11721A

monochromatic

#12041B #28093D #4B1172 #6E19A7 #9121DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#4B1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4B1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1172

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1172	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.153 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82589b',
    500: '#4b1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1172;
$custom-light: #82589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.876,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33436,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1172

secondary

#64A936

accent

#F13782

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1172

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

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