#4B1971#4B1971

#4B1971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.143 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1971
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 39.87, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 57.00, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0838 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.143 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2293, 3.3834, 15.9445)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1971 #3F7119

analogous

#1F1971 #4B1971 #71196B

triadic

#4B1971 #714B19 #19714B

tetradic

#4B1971 #711F19 #3F7119 #196B71

square

#4B1971 #711F19 #3F7119 #196B71

split-complementary

#4B1971 #6B7119 #19711F

monochromatic

#110619 #2A0E3F #4B1971 #6C24A3 #8D33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4B1971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4B1971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1971

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1971	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.143 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9a',
    500: '#4b1971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1971;
$custom-light: #815b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34133,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1971

secondary

#6CA640

accent

#E74189

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1971

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

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