#4B1A8E#4B1A8E

#4B1A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.173 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A8E
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 46.88, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 71.94, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0748 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.173 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1522, 4.1874, 25.9647)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A8E #5D8E1A

analogous

#1A238E #4B1A8E #851A8E

triadic

#4B1A8E #8E4B1A #1A8E4B

tetradic

#4B1A8E #8E1A23 #5D8E1A #1A8E85

square

#4B1A8E #8E1A23 #5D8E1A #1A8E85

split-complementary

#4B1A8E #8E851A #238E1A

monochromatic

#140727 #30115A #4B1A8E #6623C2 #8545DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4B1A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B1A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A8E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A8E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.173 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855db0',
    500: '#4b1a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a8e;
$custom-light: #855db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36872,
    "c": 0.17343,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A8E

secondary

#8BBE45

accent

#EC3CA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A8E

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

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