#4B1C8C#4B1C8C

#4B1C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.169 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C8C
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 45.50, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 69.97, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0738 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.169 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0493, 4.2196, 25.1962)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1C8C #5D8C1C

analogous

#1C258C #4B1C8C #831C8C

triadic

#4B1C8C #8C4B1C #1C8C4B

tetradic

#4B1C8C #8C1C25 #5D8C1C #1C8C83

square

#4B1C8C #8C1C25 #5D8C1C #1C8C83

split-complementary

#4B1C8C #8C831C #258C1C

monochromatic

#140826 #301259 #4B1C8C #6626BF #8548DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4B1C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B1C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C8C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C8C	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.169 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eaf',
    500: '#4b1c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c8c;
$custom-light: #845eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36886,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C8C

secondary

#8BBC48

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C8C

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

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