#4B1785#4B1785

#4B1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.167 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1785
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 45.76, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 68.55, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.08 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.167 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4406, 3.8020, 22.5276)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1785 #518517

analogous

#171A85 #4B1785 #821785

triadic

#4B1785 #854B17 #17854B

tetradic

#4B1785 #85171A #518517 #178582

square

#4B1785 #85171A #518517 #178582

split-complementary

#4B1785 #858217 #1A8517

monochromatic

#10051D #2E0E51 #4B1785 #6820B9 #873ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4B1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1785

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1785	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.167 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca9',
    500: '#4b1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1785;
$custom-light: #845ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35725,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1785

secondary

#7FB93F

accent

#ED3B99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1785

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

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