#4B1E87#4B1E87

#4B1E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.162 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E87
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 43.27, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 66.33, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.64% 0.0736 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(36.64% 0.162 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7379, 4.1735, 23.3149)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E87 #5A871E

analogous

#1E2687 #4B1E87 #7F1E87

triadic

#4B1E87 #874B1E #1E874B

tetradic

#4B1E87 #871E26 #5A871E #1E877F

square

#4B1E87 #871E26 #5A871E #1E877F

split-complementary

#4B1E87 #877F1E #26871E

monochromatic

#130823 #2F1355 #4B1E87 #6729B9 #8649D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4B1E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B1E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E87

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E87	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.162 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fab',
    500: '#4b1e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e87;
$custom-light: #845fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36641,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E87

secondary

#88B948

accent

#E741A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E87

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

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