#4B1981#4B1981

#4B1981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.160 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1981
RGB	rgb(75, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 43.92, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 65.55, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0797 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.16 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2107, 3.7760, 21.1136)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1981 #4F8119

analogous

#191B81 #4B1981 #7F1981

triadic

#4B1981 #814B19 #19814B

tetradic

#4B1981 #81191B #4F8119 #19817F

square

#4B1981 #81191B #4F8119 #19817F

split-complementary

#4B1981 #817F19 #1B8119

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0F4E #4B1981 #6923B4 #873BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4B1981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B1981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1981

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1981	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.160 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca6',
    500: '#4b1981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1981;
$custom-light: #835ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35549,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1981

secondary

#7DB541

accent

#EA3D97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1981

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

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