#4B1580#4B1580

#4B1580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.163 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1580
RGB	rgb(75, 21, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 45.28, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 66.78, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.0832 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.163 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0651, 3.5906, 20.7387)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1580 #4A8015

analogous

#151580 #4B1580 #801580

triadic

#4B1580 #804B15 #15804B

tetradic

#4B1580 #801515 #4A8015 #158080

square

#4B1580 #801515 #4A8015 #158080

split-complementary

#4B1580 #808015 #158015

monochromatic

#0F041A #2C0C4B #4B1580 #6A1EB5 #8932DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4B1580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B1580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1580

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1580	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 21, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.163 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa6',
    500: '#4b1580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1580;
$custom-light: #835aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.28,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3507,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1580

secondary

#78B53C

accent

#EF3993

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1580

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

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