#4B1973#4B1973

#4B1973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.145 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1973
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 40.37, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 58.07, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0834 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.145 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3431, 3.4290, 16.5440)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1973 #417319

analogous

#1E1973 #4B1973 #73196E

triadic

#4B1973 #734B19 #19734B

tetradic

#4B1973 #731E19 #417319 #196E73

square

#4B1973 #731E19 #417319 #196E73

split-complementary

#4B1973 #6E7319 #19731E

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E41 #4B1973 #6C24A5 #8C34D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#4B1973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4B1973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1973

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1973	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.145 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b9c',
    500: '#4b1973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1973;
$custom-light: #825b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34304,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1973

secondary

#6EA840

accent

#E7418B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1973

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

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