#4B1E88#4B1E88

#4B1E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.163 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E88
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 43.54, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 66.87, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0733 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.163 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8087, 4.2018, 23.6874)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E88 #5B881E

analogous

#1E2688 #4B1E88 #801E88

triadic

#4B1E88 #884B1E #1E884B

tetradic

#4B1E88 #881E26 #5B881E #1E8880

square

#4B1E88 #881E26 #5B881E #1E8880

split-complementary

#4B1E88 #88801E #26881E

monochromatic

#140824 #2F1356 #4B1E88 #6729BA #8649D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4B1E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B1E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E88

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E88	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.163 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fac',
    500: '#4b1e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e88;
$custom-light: #845fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36732,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E88

secondary

#89B949

accent

#E741A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E88

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

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