#4B1561#4B1561

#4B1561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.131 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1561
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 37.81, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 50.42, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(32.39% 0.091 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(32.39% 0.131 314)
XYZ	xyz(5.3271, 2.8954, 11.5852)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1561 #2B6115

analogous

#251561 #4B1561 #611551

triadic

#4B1561 #614B15 #15614B

tetradic

#4B1561 #612515 #2B6115 #155161

square

#4B1561 #612515 #2B6115 #155161

split-complementary

#4B1561 #516115 #156125

monochromatic

#130519 #240A2F #4B1561 #722093 #992BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#4B1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1561

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1561	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10315F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.131 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598e',
    500: '#4b1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1561;
$custom-light: #80598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.632,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32387,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.02895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1561

secondary

#55983A

accent

#E74071

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1561

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

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