#4B1174#4B1174

#4B1174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.155 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1174
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 43.82, -44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 62.13, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.0902 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.155 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2538, 3.1578, 16.7997)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1174 #3A7411

analogous

#1A1174 #4B1174 #74116B

triadic

#4B1174 #744B11 #11744B

tetradic

#4B1174 #741A11 #3A7411 #116B74

square

#4B1174 #741A11 #3A7411 #116B74

split-complementary

#4B1174 #6B7411 #11741A

monochromatic

#11041B #28093F #4B1174 #6E19A9 #9021DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#4B1174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B1174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1174

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1174	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.155 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82589d',
    500: '#4b1174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1174;
$custom-light: #82589d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33616,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1174

secondary

#66AB36

accent

#F13784

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1174

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

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