#4B1A8D#4B1A8D

#4B1A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.172 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A8D
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 46.61, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 71.42, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0751 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.172 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0775, 4.1575, 25.5710)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A8D #5C8D1A

analogous

#1A238D #4B1A8D #841A8D

triadic

#4B1A8D #8D4B1A #1A8D4B

tetradic

#4B1A8D #8D1A23 #5C8D1A #1A8D84

square

#4B1A8D #8D1A23 #5C8D1A #1A8D84

split-complementary

#4B1A8D #8D841A #238D1A

monochromatic

#140726 #301059 #4B1A8D #6624C1 #8545DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4B1A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B1A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A8D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A8D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.172 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855daf',
    500: '#4b1a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a8d;
$custom-light: #855daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.565,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36776,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A8D

secondary

#8ABE45

accent

#EC3CA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A8D

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

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