#4B1C8D#4B1C8D

#4B1C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.170 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C8D
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 45.77, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 70.50, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0735 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.17 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1233, 4.2492, 25.5863)
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

#4B1C8D #5E8D1C

analogous

#1C258D #4B1C8D #831C8D

triadic

#4B1C8D #8D4B1C #1C8D4B

tetradic

#4B1C8D #8D1C25 #5E8D1C #1C8D83

square

#4B1C8D #8D1C25 #5E8D1C #1C8D83

split-complementary

#4B1C8D #8D831C #258D1C

monochromatic

#150827 #30125A #4B1C8D #6626C0 #8549DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4B1C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B1C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C8D

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C8D	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)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.170 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eaf',
    500: '#4b1c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c8d;
$custom-light: #855eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.956,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3698,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C8D

secondary

#8CBD48

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C8D

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

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