#4B1A90#4B1A90

#4B1A90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.176 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1A90
RGB	rgb(75, 26, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 47.40, -55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 72.98, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.0741 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.176 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.3037, 4.2480, 26.7626)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1A90 #5F901A

analogous

#1A2490 #4B1A90 #861A90

triadic

#4B1A90 #904B1A #1A904B

tetradic

#4B1A90 #901A24 #5F901A #1A9086

square

#4B1A90 #901A24 #5F901A #1A9086

split-complementary

#4B1A90 #90861A #24901A

monochromatic

#150728 #30115C #4B1A90 #6623C4 #8547DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4B1A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B1A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1A90

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1A90	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 26, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.176 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb2',
    500: '#4b1a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1a90;
$custom-light: #855eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37065,
    "c": 0.17559,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1A90

secondary

#8DBF47

accent

#EC3CA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1A90

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

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