#4B1D8F#4B1D8F

#4B1D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.172 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1D8F
RGB	rgb(75, 29, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 45.86, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 71.08, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0721 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.172 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2976, 4.3575, 26.3852)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1D8F #618F1D

analogous

#1D288F #4B1D8F #841D8F

triadic

#4B1D8F #8F4B1D #1D8F4B

tetradic

#4B1D8F #8F1D28 #618F1D #1D8F84

square

#4B1D8F #8F1D28 #618F1D #1D8F84

split-complementary

#4B1D8F #8F841D #288F1D

monochromatic

#160829 #30135C #4B1D8F #6627C2 #854CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4B1D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B1D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1D8F

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1D8F	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 29, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.172 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb1',
    500: '#4b1d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1d8f;
$custom-light: #855fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37276,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1D8F

secondary

#8FBD4B

accent

#E93FA4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1D8F

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

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