#4B1D89#4B1D89

#4B1D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.165 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1D89
RGB	rgb(75, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 44.26, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 67.90, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0739 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.165 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8552, 4.1806, 24.0551)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1D89 #5B891D

analogous

#1D2589 #4B1D89 #811D89

triadic

#4B1D89 #894B1D #1D894B

tetradic

#4B1D89 #891D25 #5B891D #1D8981

square

#4B1D89 #891D25 #5B891D #1D8981

split-complementary

#4B1D89 #89811D #25891D

monochromatic

#140824 #2F1256 #4B1D89 #6728BC #8648D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4B1D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B1D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1D89

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1D89	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.165 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fac',
    500: '#4b1d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1d89;
$custom-light: #845fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36713,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1D89

secondary

#89BA47

accent

#E840A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1D89

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

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