#4B1359#4B1359

#4B1359 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.125 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1359
RGB	rgb(75, 19, 89)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 36.88, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 47.21, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(31.56% 0.0942 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(31.56% 0.125 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9375, 2.6831, 9.7071)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1359 #215913

analogous

#281359 #4B1359 #591344

triadic

#4B1359 #594B13 #13594B

tetradic

#4B1359 #592813 #215913 #134459

square

#4B1359 #592813 #215913 #134459

split-complementary

#4B1359 #445913 #135928

monochromatic

#150519 #200827 #4B1359 #751E8B #A029BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#4B1359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4B1359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1359

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1359	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 19, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.125 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805788',
    500: '#4b1359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1359;
$custom-light: #805788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31563,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1359

secondary

#499137

accent

#E84062

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1359

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

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