#4B1E89#4B1E89

#4B1E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.164 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E89
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 43.80, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 67.40, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.073 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.164 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8801, 4.2304, 24.0634)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E89 #5C891E

analogous

#1E2689 #4B1E89 #811E89

triadic

#4B1E89 #894B1E #1E894B

tetradic

#4B1E89 #891E26 #5C891E #1E8981

square

#4B1E89 #891E26 #5C891E #1E8981

split-complementary

#4B1E89 #89811E #26891E

monochromatic

#140825 #301357 #4B1E89 #6629BB #854AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4B1E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B1E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E89

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E89	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.164 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fac',
    500: '#4b1e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e89;
$custom-light: #845fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36824,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E89

secondary

#8ABA49

accent

#E741A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E89

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

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