#4B1D87#4B1D87

#4B1D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.163 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1D87
RGB	rgb(75, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 43.73, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 66.83, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0745 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.163 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7130, 4.1237, 23.3066)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1D87 #59871D

analogous

#1D2487 #4B1D87 #801D87

triadic

#4B1D87 #874B1D #1D874B

tetradic

#4B1D87 #871D24 #59871D #1D8780

square

#4B1D87 #871D24 #59871D #1D8780

split-complementary

#4B1D87 #87801D #24871D

monochromatic

#130722 #2F1255 #4B1D87 #6728B9 #8647D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4B1D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B1D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1D87

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1D87	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.163 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fab',
    500: '#4b1d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1d87;
$custom-light: #845fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36528,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1D87

secondary

#87B946

accent

#E8409F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1D87

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

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