#4B1786#4B1786

#4B1786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.168 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1786
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 82.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 46.02, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 69.07, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0797 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.168 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5100, 3.8298, 22.8932)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1786 #528617

analogous

#171A86 #4B1786 #821786

triadic

#4B1786 #864B17 #17864B

tetradic

#4B1786 #86171A #528617 #178682

square

#4B1786 #86171A #528617 #178682

split-complementary

#4B1786 #868217 #1A8617

monochromatic

#11051E #2E0E52 #4B1786 #6820BA #873ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4B1786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4B1786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1786

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1786	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.168 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845caa',
    500: '#4b1786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1786;
$custom-light: #845caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.108,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35819,
    "c": 0.16763,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1786

secondary

#80BA3F

accent

#ED3A9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1786

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

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