#4B1173#4B1173

#4B1173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.154 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1173
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 115)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 85.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 43.58, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 61.61, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.53% 0.0905 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(33.53% 0.154 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1959, 3.1346, 16.4950)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1173 #397311

analogous

#1A1173 #4B1173 #73116A

triadic

#4B1173 #734B11 #11734B

tetradic

#4B1173 #731A11 #397311 #116A73

square

#4B1173 #731A11 #397311 #116A73

split-complementary

#4B1173 #6A7311 #11731A

monochromatic

#11041B #28093E #4B1173 #6E19A8 #9121DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4B1173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B1173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1173

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1173	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.154 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82589c',
    500: '#4b1173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1173;
$custom-light: #82589c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33526,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1173

secondary

#65AA36

accent

#F13783

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1173

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

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