#4B1A77#4B1A77

#4B1A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.148 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A77
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 78.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 40.93, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 59.73, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0815 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.148 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6000, 3.5666, 17.7899)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A77 #46771A

analogous

#1C1A77 #4B1A77 #771A74

triadic

#4B1A77 #774B1A #1A774B

tetradic

#4B1A77 #771C1A #46771A #1A7477

square

#4B1A77 #771C1A #46771A #1A7477

split-complementary

#4B1A77 #74771A #1A771C

monochromatic

#100519 #2B0F45 #4B1A77 #6B25A9 #8A38D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#4B1A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B1A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A77

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A77	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.148 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c9f',
    500: '#4b1a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a77;
$custom-light: #825c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3476,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A77

secondary

#74AC41

accent

#E7418F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A77

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

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