#4B1769#4B1769

#4B1769 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.137 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1769
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.55, 38.81, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.55, 53.70, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.0875 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.137 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7573, 3.1287, 13.6625)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1769 #356917

analogous

#221769 #4B1769 #69175E

triadic

#4B1769 #694B17 #17694B

tetradic

#4B1769 #692217 #356917 #175E69

square

#4B1769 #692217 #356917 #175E69

split-complementary

#4B1769 #5E6917 #176922

monochromatic

#120519 #270C37 #4B1769 #6F229B #932DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#4B1769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B1769 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1769

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1769	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.137 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a94',
    500: '#4b1769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1769;
$custom-light: #815a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33245,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1769

secondary

#619F3D

accent

#E7417E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1769

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

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