#4B1889#4B1889

#4B1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.170 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1889
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 46.39, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 70.21, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0779 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.17 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7425, 3.9551, 24.0175)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1889 #568918

analogous

#181D89 #4B1889 #841889

triadic

#4B1889 #894B18 #18894B

tetradic

#4B1889 #89181D #568918 #188984

square

#4B1889 #89181D #568918 #188984

split-complementary

#4B1889 #898418 #1D8918

monochromatic

#120621 #2E0F55 #4B1889 #6821BD #863EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4B1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1889

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1889	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.170 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cac',
    500: '#4b1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1889;
$custom-light: #845cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.08,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36199,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1889

secondary

#84BD40

accent

#ED3B9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1889

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

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