#4B1A87#4B1A87

#4B1A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.166 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A87
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 45.05, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 68.27, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.077 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.166 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6431, 3.9838, 23.2832)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A87 #56871A

analogous

#1A2087 #4B1A87 #821A87

triadic

#4B1A87 #874B1A #1A874B

tetradic

#4B1A87 #871A20 #56871A #1A8782

square

#4B1A87 #871A20 #56871A #1A8782

split-complementary

#4B1A87 #87821A #20871A

monochromatic

#120620 #2E1054 #4B1A87 #6824BA #8641DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4B1A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B1A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A87

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A87	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.166 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dab',
    500: '#4b1a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a87;
$custom-light: #845dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36208,
    "c": 0.16584,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A87

secondary

#84BA42

accent

#EB3D9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A87

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

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