#4B1772#4B1772

#4B1772 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.146 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1772
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 41.00, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 58.50, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0856 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.146 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2446, 3.3236, 16.2289)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1772 #3E7217

analogous

#1E1772 #4B1772 #72176C

triadic

#4B1772 #724B17 #17724B

tetradic

#4B1772 #721E17 #3E7217 #176C72

square

#4B1772 #721E17 #3E7217 #176C72

split-complementary

#4B1772 #6C7217 #17721E

monochromatic

#110519 #290D3F #4B1772 #6D21A5 #8E2ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#4B1772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4B1772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1772

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1772	1.00	12.61	1.66	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.146 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a9b',
    500: '#4b1772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1772;
$custom-light: #825a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34003,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1772

secondary

#6BA83D

accent

#E93E88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1772

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

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