#4B1180#4B1180

#4B1180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.167 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1180
RGB	rgb(75, 17, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.78, 46.70, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.78, 68.34, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0861 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.167 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9974, 3.4552, 20.7162)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1180 #468011

analogous

#131180 #4B1180 #80117D

triadic

#4B1180 #804B11 #11804B

tetradic

#4B1180 #801311 #468011 #117D80

square

#4B1180 #801311 #468011 #117D80

split-complementary

#4B1180 #7D8011 #118013

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0A4A #4B1180 #6B18B6 #8A29E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#4B1180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4B1180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1180

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1180	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 17, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.167 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a6',
    500: '#4b1180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1180;
$custom-light: #8459a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.351,
    "s": 76.552,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34733,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1180

secondary

#74B637

accent

#F33590

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1180

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

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