#4B1481#4B1481

#4B1481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.165 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1481
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 45.90, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 67.71, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0836 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.165 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1133, 3.5811, 21.0811)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1481 #4A8114

analogous

#151481 #4B1481 #811481

triadic

#4B1481 #814B14 #14814B

tetradic

#4B1481 #811514 #4A8114 #148181

square

#4B1481 #811514 #4A8114 #148181

split-complementary

#4B1481 #818114 #148115

monochromatic

#0F041A #2C0C4C #4B1481 #6A1CB6 #8930DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4B1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1481

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1481	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.165 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa7',
    500: '#4b1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1481;
$custom-light: #835aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.275,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35075,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1481

secondary

#78B63B

accent

#F03893

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1481

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

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