#4B1C80#4B1C80

#4B1C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.156 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C80
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 42.34, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 63.58, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0773 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.156 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2122, 3.8848, 20.7878)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1C80 #51801C

analogous

#1C1F80 #4B1C80 #7D1C80

triadic

#4B1C80 #804B1C #1C804B

tetradic

#4B1C80 #801C1F #51801C #1C807D

square

#4B1C80 #801C1F #51801C #1C807D

split-complementary

#4B1C80 #807D1C #1F801C

monochromatic

#10061C #2E114E #4B1C80 #6827B2 #8741D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4B1C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B1C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C80

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C80	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.156 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ea6',
    500: '#4b1c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c80;
$custom-light: #835ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3578,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C80

secondary

#7FB344

accent

#E74199

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C80

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

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