#4B1881#4B1881

#4B1881 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.161 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1881
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 81.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 44.34, -48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 66.01, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0805 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.161 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1897, 3.7340, 21.1066)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1881 #4E8118

analogous

#181A81 #4B1881 #7F1881

triadic

#4B1881 #814B18 #18814B

tetradic

#4B1881 #81181A #4E8118 #18817F

square

#4B1881 #81181A #4E8118 #18817F

split-complementary

#4B1881 #817F18 #1A8118

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0E4D #4B1881 #6922B5 #8739DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4B1881 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4B1881 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1881

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1881	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1881	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1881;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.161 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca6',
    500: '#4b1881',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1881;
$custom-light: #835ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1881",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35448,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1881

secondary

#7CB540

accent

#EB3C96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1881

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

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