#4B1E73#4B1E73

#4B1E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.139 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E73
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 38.00, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 55.46, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0781 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.139 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4597, 3.6622, 16.5829)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E73 #46731E

analogous

#201E73 #4B1E73 #731E70

triadic

#4B1E73 #734B1E #1E734B

tetradic

#4B1E73 #73201E #46731E #1E7073

square

#4B1E73 #73201E #46731E #1E7073

split-complementary

#4B1E73 #70731E #1E7320

monochromatic

#100618 #2B1142 #4B1E73 #6B2BA4 #8A3FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4B1E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4B1E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E73

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E73	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.139 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e9c',
    500: '#4b1e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e73;
$custom-light: #815e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34895,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E73

secondary

#74A746

accent

#E2468F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E73

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

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