#4B1474#4B1474

#4B1474 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.152 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1474
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 82.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 42.71, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 60.91, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0877 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.152 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3035, 3.2572, 16.8162)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1474 #3D7414

analogous

#1B1474 #4B1474 #74146D

triadic

#4B1474 #744B14 #14744B

tetradic

#4B1474 #741B14 #3D7414 #146D74

square

#4B1474 #741B14 #3D7414 #146D74

split-complementary

#4B1474 #6D7414 #14741B

monochromatic

#11051A #290B40 #4B1474 #6D1DA8 #8E28DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4B1474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4B1474 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1474

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1474	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.152 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82599d',
    500: '#4b1474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1474;
$custom-light: #82599d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.375,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33882,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1474

secondary

#6AAA3A

accent

#ED3A87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1474

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

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