#4B1972#4B1972

#4B1972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.144 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1972
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.60, 40.12, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.60, 57.54, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0836 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.144 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2859, 3.4061, 16.2426)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1972 #407219

analogous

#1F1972 #4B1972 #72196D

triadic

#4B1972 #724B19 #19724B

tetradic

#4B1972 #721F19 #407219 #196D72

square

#4B1972 #721F19 #407219 #196D72

split-complementary

#4B1972 #6D7219 #19721F

monochromatic

#110619 #2A0E40 #4B1972 #6C24A4 #8D33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#4B1972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4B1972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1972

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1972	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.144 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b9b',
    500: '#4b1972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1972;
$custom-light: #825b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.708,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34218,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1972

secondary

#6DA740

accent

#E7418A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1972

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

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