#4B1E76#4B1E76

#4B1E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.142 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E76
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 38.78, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 57.10, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0776 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.142 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.6352, 3.7324, 17.5069)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E76 #49761E

analogous

#1F1E76 #4B1E76 #761E75

triadic

#4B1E76 #764B1E #1E764B

tetradic

#4B1E76 #761F1E #49761E #1E7576

square

#4B1E76 #761F1E #49761E #1E7576

split-complementary

#4B1E76 #75761E #1E761F

monochromatic

#100618 #2C1245 #4B1E76 #6A2AA7 #8940CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4B1E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4B1E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E76

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E76	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.142 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e9e',
    500: '#4b1e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e76;
$custom-light: #825e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.682,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35146,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E76

secondary

#77AA46

accent

#E34592

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E76

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

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