#4B1686#4B1686

#4B1686 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.169 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1686
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 83.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 46.41, -51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 69.49, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0804 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.169 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4905, 3.7908, 22.8867)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1686 #518616

analogous

#161986 #4B1686 #831686

triadic

#4B1686 #864B16 #16864B

tetradic

#4B1686 #861619 #518616 #168683

square

#4B1686 #861619 #518616 #168683

split-complementary

#4B1686 #868316 #198616

monochromatic

#10051D #2E0D51 #4B1686 #681FBB #8738DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#4B1686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B1686 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1686

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1686	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.169 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845baa',
    500: '#4b1686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1686;
$custom-light: #845baa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35727,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1686

secondary

#7FBA3E

accent

#EF3999

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1686

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

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