#4B1459#4B1459

#4B1459 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.124 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1459
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 89)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(288, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.88, 36.45, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.88, 46.73, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(31.67% 0.0931 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(31.67% 0.124 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9547, 2.7177, 9.7128)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1459 #225914

analogous

#291459 #4B1459 #591445

triadic

#4B1459 #594B14 #14594B

tetradic

#4B1459 #592914 #225914 #144559

square

#4B1459 #592914 #225914 #144559

split-complementary

#4B1459 #455914 #145929

monochromatic

#150619 #210927 #4B1459 #751F8B #9F2ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#4B1459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4B1459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1459

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1459	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.124 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805888',
    500: '#4b1459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1459;
$custom-light: #805888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31669,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1459

secondary

#4A9138

accent

#E64163

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1459

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

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