#4B1E72#4B1E72

#4B1E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.138 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E72
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.44, 37.75, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.44, 54.91, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0783 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.138 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4025, 3.6393, 16.2815)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E72 #45721E

analogous

#211E72 #4B1E72 #721E6F

triadic

#4B1E72 #724B1E #1E724B

tetradic

#4B1E72 #72211E #45721E #1E6F72

square

#4B1E72 #72211E #45721E #1E6F72

split-complementary

#4B1E72 #6F721E #1E7221

monochromatic

#100618 #2B1142 #4B1E72 #6B2BA2 #8A3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4B1E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4B1E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E72

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E72	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.138 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e9b',
    500: '#4b1e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e72;
$custom-light: #815e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34813,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E72

secondary

#72A646

accent

#E2468E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E72

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

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