#4B1574#4B1574

#4B1574 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.151 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1574
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 81.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 42.31, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 60.48, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0869 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.151 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3215, 3.2932, 16.8222)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1574 #3E7415

analogous

#1B1574 #4B1574 #74156E

triadic

#4B1574 #744B15 #15744B

tetradic

#4B1574 #741B15 #3E7415 #156E74

square

#4B1574 #741B15 #3E7415 #156E74

split-complementary

#4B1574 #6E7415 #15741B

monochromatic

#11051A #290C40 #4B1574 #6D1EA8 #8E2BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4B1574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4B1574 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1574

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1574	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.151 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a9d',
    500: '#4b1574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1574;
$custom-light: #825a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.105,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33977,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1574

secondary

#6BAA3B

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1574

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

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