#4B1D79#4B1D79

#4B1D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.147 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1D79
RGB	rgb(75, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 40.05, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 59.28, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.078 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.147 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.7914, 3.7550, 18.4525)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1D79 #4B791D

analogous

#1D1D79 #4B1D79 #791D79

triadic

#4B1D79 #794B1D #1D794B

tetradic

#4B1D79 #791D1D #4B791D #1D7979

square

#4B1D79 #791D1D #4B791D #1D7979

split-complementary

#4B1D79 #79791D #1D791D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C1148 #4B1D79 #6A29AA #883FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#4B1D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4B1D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1D79

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1D79	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.147 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea0',
    500: '#4b1d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1d79;
$custom-light: #825ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3528,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1D79

secondary

#79AD45

accent

#E44394

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1D79

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

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