#4B1572#4B1572

#4B1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.149 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1572
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.01, 41.83, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.01, 59.42, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.8% 0.0874 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(33.8% 0.149 306)
XYZ	xyz(6.2064, 3.2471, 16.2161)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1572 #3C7215

analogous

#1D1572 #4B1572 #72156B

triadic

#4B1572 #724B15 #15724B

tetradic

#4B1572 #721D15 #3C7215 #156B72

square

#4B1572 #721D15 #3C7215 #156B72

split-complementary

#4B1572 #6B7215 #15721D

monochromatic

#11051A #290B3E #4B1572 #6D1FA6 #8F2AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#4B1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4B1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1572

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1572	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.149 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82599b',
    500: '#4b1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1572;
$custom-light: #82599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33801,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1572

secondary

#69A83B

accent

#EC3C86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1572

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

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