#4B1D8A#4B1D8A

#4B1D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.166 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1D8A
RGB	rgb(75, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 44.52, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 68.43, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0736 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.166 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9272, 4.2094, 24.4347)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1D8A #5C8A1D

analogous

#1D268A #4B1D8A #811D8A

triadic

#4B1D8A #8A4B1D #1D8A4B

tetradic

#4B1D8A #8A1D26 #5C8A1D #1D8A81

square

#4B1D8A #8A1D26 #5C8A1D #1D8A81

split-complementary

#4B1D8A #8A811D #268A1D

monochromatic

#140825 #301257 #4B1D8A #6628BD #8549D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4B1D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B1D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1D8A

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1D8A	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.166 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fad',
    500: '#4b1d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1d8a;
$custom-light: #845fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.321,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36806,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1D8A

secondary

#8ABB48

accent

#E840A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1D8A

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

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