#4B1480#4B1480

#4B1480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.164 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1480
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 45.65, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 67.19, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.084 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.164 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0471, 3.5546, 20.7327)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1480 #498014

analogous

#151480 #4B1480 #80147F

triadic

#4B1480 #804B14 #14804B

tetradic

#4B1480 #801514 #498014 #147F80

square

#4B1480 #801514 #498014 #147F80

split-complementary

#4B1480 #7F8014 #148015

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C4B #4B1480 #6A1CB5 #8930DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4B1480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B1480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1480

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1480	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.164 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa6',
    500: '#4b1480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1480;
$custom-light: #835aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34981,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1480

secondary

#77B53B

accent

#F03892

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1480

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

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