#4B1CB4#4B1CB4

#4B1CB4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.213 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1CB4
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 84.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 56.14, -70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 90.40, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0599 -0.2041)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.213 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5526, 5.6210, 43.6474)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1CB4 #85B41C

analogous

#1C39B4 #4B1CB4 #971CB4

triadic

#4B1CB4 #B44B1C #1CB44B

tetradic

#4B1CB4 #B41C39 #85B41C #1CB497

square

#4B1CB4 #B41C39 #85B41C #1CB497

split-complementary

#4B1CB4 #B4971C #39B41C

monochromatic

#1F0C4A #35147F #4B1CB4 #652FDF #8C64E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4B1CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4B1CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1CB4

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1CB4	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.213 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61cc',
    500: '#4b1cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1cb4;
$custom-light: #8b61cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.553,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40898,
    "c": 0.21269,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1CB4

secondary

#AACC60

accent

#F038B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1CB4

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

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