#4B1457#4B1457

#4B1457 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.122 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1457
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 87)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 77%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 36.02, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 45.70, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.52% 0.0933 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(31.52% 0.122 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8719, 2.6845, 9.2765)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1457 #205714

analogous

#291457 #4B1457 #571441

triadic

#4B1457 #574B14 #14574B

tetradic

#4B1457 #572914 #205714 #144157

square

#4B1457 #572914 #205714 #144157

split-complementary

#4B1457 #415714 #145729

monochromatic

#150619 #200925 #4B1457 #761F89 #A12BBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#4B1457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4B1457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1457

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1457	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.122 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805887',
    500: '#4b1457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1457;
$custom-light: #805887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.254,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31522,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1457

secondary

#478F38

accent

#E6425F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1457

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

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