#4B1A79#4B1A79

#4B1A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.151 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A79
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 41.44, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 60.81, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.081 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.151 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7214, 3.6151, 18.4291)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A79 #48791A

analogous

#1B1A79 #4B1A79 #791A78

triadic

#4B1A79 #794B1A #1A794B

tetradic

#4B1A79 #791B1A #48791A #1A7879

square

#4B1A79 #791B1A #48791A #1A7879

split-complementary

#4B1A79 #78791A #1A791B

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F47 #4B1A79 #6A25AB #8939D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4B1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A79

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A79	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.151 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca0',
    500: '#4b1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a79;
$custom-light: #825ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.947,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A79

secondary

#76AD41

accent

#E84091

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A79

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

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