#4B1472#4B1472

#4B1472 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.150 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1472
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 42.23, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 59.86, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(33.71% 0.0883 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(33.71% 0.15 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1884, 3.2111, 16.2101)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1472 #3B7214

analogous

#1C1472 #4B1472 #72146A

triadic

#4B1472 #724B14 #14724B

tetradic

#4B1472 #721C14 #3B7214 #146A72

square

#4B1472 #721C14 #3B7214 #146A72

split-complementary

#4B1472 #6A7214 #14721C

monochromatic

#11051A #290B3E #4B1472 #6D1DA6 #8F27D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#4B1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4B1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1472

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1472	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.150 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82599b',
    500: '#4b1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1472;
$custom-light: #82599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.106,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33705,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1472

secondary

#67A839

accent

#ED3B85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1472

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

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