#4B1689#4B1689

#4B1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.172 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1689
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 47.17, -53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 71.05, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0794 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.172 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7027, 3.8757, 24.0043)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1689 #548916

analogous

#161A89 #4B1689 #841689

triadic

#4B1689 #894B16 #16894B

tetradic

#4B1689 #89161A #548916 #168984

square

#4B1689 #89161A #548916 #168984

split-complementary

#4B1689 #898416 #1A8916

monochromatic

#110520 #2E0E54 #4B1689 #681EBE #863ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4B1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1689

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1689	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.172 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845bac',
    500: '#4b1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1689;
$custom-light: #845bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.652,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36015,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1689

secondary

#82BD3E

accent

#EF399B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1689

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

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