#4B1C85#4B1C85

#4B1C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.162 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C85
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 43.65, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 66.25, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0759 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.162 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.5494, 4.0197, 22.5639)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1C85 #56851C

analogous

#1C2285 #4B1C85 #801C85

triadic

#4B1C85 #854B1C #1C854B

tetradic

#4B1C85 #851C22 #56851C #1C8580

square

#4B1C85 #851C22 #56851C #1C8580

split-complementary

#4B1C85 #85801C #22851C

monochromatic

#120720 #2E1152 #4B1C85 #6827B8 #8644D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4B1C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B1C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C85

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C85	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.162 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ea9',
    500: '#4b1c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c85;
$custom-light: #835ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36234,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.0402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C85

secondary

#84B845

accent

#E8409D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C85

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

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