#4B1576#4B1576

#4B1576 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.153 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1576
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 118)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 82.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 42.80, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 61.53, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0863 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.153 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4391, 3.3402, 17.4415)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1576 #407615

analogous

#1B1576 #4B1576 #761571

triadic

#4B1576 #764B15 #15764B

tetradic

#4B1576 #761B15 #407615 #157176

square

#4B1576 #761B15 #407615 #157176

split-complementary

#4B1576 #717615 #15761B

monochromatic

#11051A #2A0C42 #4B1576 #6C1EAA #8D2CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4B1576 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4B1576 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1576

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1576	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1576	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1576;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.153 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a9e',
    500: '#4b1576',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1576;
$custom-light: #825a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1576",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.402,
    "s": 69.784,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34154,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1576

secondary

#6DAC3B

accent

#ED3B8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1576

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

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