#4B1872#4B1872

#4B1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.145 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1872
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 40.57, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 58.03, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0846 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.145 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2649, 3.3641, 16.2356)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1872 #3F7218

analogous

#1E1872 #4B1872 #72186C

triadic

#4B1872 #724B18 #18724B

tetradic

#4B1872 #721E18 #3F7218 #186C72

square

#4B1872 #721E18 #3F7218 #186C72

split-complementary

#4B1872 #6C7218 #18721E

monochromatic

#110519 #2A0D3F #4B1872 #6C23A5 #8D31D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#4B1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4B1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1872

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1872	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.145 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b9b',
    500: '#4b1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1872;
$custom-light: #825b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34109,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1872

secondary

#6CA73E

accent

#E84089

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1872

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

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