#4B1C8E#4B1C8E

#4B1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.172 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C8E
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 46.03, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 71.03, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0732 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.172 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1981, 4.2791, 25.9800)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1C8E #5F8E1C

analogous

#1C268E #4B1C8E #841C8E

triadic

#4B1C8E #8E4B1C #1C8E4B

tetradic

#4B1C8E #8E1C26 #5F8E1C #1C8E84

square

#4B1C8E #8E1C26 #5F8E1C #1C8E84

split-complementary

#4B1C8E #8E841C #268E1C

monochromatic

#150828 #30125B #4B1C8E #6626C1 #8549DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4B1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C8E

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C8E	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.172 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb0',
    500: '#4b1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c8e;
$custom-light: #855eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.737,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37075,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C8E

secondary

#8DBD49

accent

#EA3EA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C8E

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

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