#4B1A89#4B1A89

#4B1A89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.168 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A89
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 81%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 45.57, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 69.32, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0764 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.168 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.7852, 4.0406, 24.0318)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A89 #58891A

analogous

#1A2189 #4B1A89 #821A89

triadic

#4B1A89 #894B1A #1A894B

tetradic

#4B1A89 #891A21 #58891A #1A8982

square

#4B1A89 #891A21 #58891A #1A8982

split-complementary

#4B1A89 #89821A #21891A

monochromatic

#130622 #2F1056 #4B1A89 #6724BC #8642DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#4B1A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4B1A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A89

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A89	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.168 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dac',
    500: '#4b1a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a89;
$custom-light: #845dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 68.098,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36396,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A89

secondary

#87BC43

accent

#EB3D9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A89

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

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