#4B1C87#4B1C87

#4B1C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.164 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C87
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 44.18, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 67.32, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0753 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.164 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6889, 4.0755, 23.2985)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1C87 #58871C

analogous

#1C2387 #4B1C87 #811C87

triadic

#4B1C87 #874B1C #1C874B

tetradic

#4B1C87 #871C23 #58871C #1C8781

square

#4B1C87 #871C23 #58871C #1C8781

split-complementary

#4B1C87 #87811C #23871C

monochromatic

#130722 #2F1154 #4B1C87 #6727BA #8645D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4B1C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B1C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C87

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C87	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.164 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eab',
    500: '#4b1c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c87;
$custom-light: #845eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36418,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C87

secondary

#87BA45

accent

#E93F9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C87

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

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