#4B1779#4B1779

#4B1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.154 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1779
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 42.73, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 62.23, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0837 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.154 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.6584, 3.4891, 18.4081)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1779 #457917

analogous

#1A1779 #4B1779 #791776

triadic

#4B1779 #794B17 #17794B

tetradic

#4B1779 #791A17 #457917 #177679

square

#4B1779 #791A17 #457917 #177679

split-complementary

#4B1779 #767917 #17791A

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0D46 #4B1779 #6B21AC #8A32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4B1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4B1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1779

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1779	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.154 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba1',
    500: '#4b1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1779;
$custom-light: #825ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34619,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1779

secondary

#72AE3E

accent

#EB3D8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1779

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

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