#4B1788#4B1788

#4B1788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.170 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1788
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 136)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 83.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 46.53, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 70.12, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.079 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.17 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6508, 3.8861, 23.6348)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1788 #548817

analogous

#171B88 #4B1788 #831788

triadic

#4B1788 #884B17 #17884B

tetradic

#4B1788 #88171B #548817 #178883

square

#4B1788 #88171B #548817 #178883

split-complementary

#4B1788 #888317 #1B8817

monochromatic

#11051F #2E0E54 #4B1788 #6820BC #863BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4B1788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B1788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1788

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1788	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.170 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cac',
    500: '#4b1788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1788;
$custom-light: #845cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.611,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3601,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1788

secondary

#82BC3F

accent

#EE3A9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1788

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

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