#4B1687#4B1687

#4B1687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.170 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1687
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 46.66, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 70.01, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0801 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.17 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5606, 3.8188, 23.2557)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1687 #528716

analogous

#161987 #4B1687 #831687

triadic

#4B1687 #874B16 #16874B

tetradic

#4B1687 #871619 #528716 #168783

square

#4B1687 #871619 #528716 #168783

split-complementary

#4B1687 #878316 #198716

monochromatic

#11051E #2E0D52 #4B1687 #681FBC #8739DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4B1687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B1687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1687

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1687	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.170 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845bab',
    500: '#4b1687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1687;
$custom-light: #845bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35823,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1687

secondary

#80BB3E

accent

#EF399A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1687

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

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