#4B1A76#4B1A76

#4B1A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.147 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A76
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 40.68, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 59.19, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0817 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.147 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5403, 3.5427, 17.4753)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A76 #45761A

analogous

#1D1A76 #4B1A76 #761A73

triadic

#4B1A76 #764B1A #1A764B

tetradic

#4B1A76 #761D1A #45761A #1A7376

square

#4B1A76 #761D1A #45761A #1A7376

split-complementary

#4B1A76 #73761A #1A761D

monochromatic

#100619 #2B0F44 #4B1A76 #6B25A8 #8A37D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#4B1A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B1A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A76

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A76	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.147 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c9e',
    500: '#4b1a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a76;
$custom-light: #825c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34673,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A76

secondary

#72AB41

accent

#E7418E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A76

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

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