#4B1E8A#4B1E8A

#4B1E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.165 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E8A
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 44.07, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 67.94, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0728 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.165 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9521, 4.2592, 24.4430)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E8A #5D8A1E

analogous

#1E278A #4B1E8A #811E8A

triadic

#4B1E8A #8A4B1E #1E8A4B

tetradic

#4B1E8A #8A1E27 #5D8A1E #1E8A81

square

#4B1E8A #8A1E27 #5D8A1E #1E8A81

split-complementary

#4B1E8A #8A811E #278A1E

monochromatic

#140825 #301358 #4B1E8A #6629BC #854BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4B1E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B1E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E8A

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E8A	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.165 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fad',
    500: '#4b1e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e8a;
$custom-light: #845fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36917,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E8A

secondary

#8BBA4A

accent

#E741A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E8A

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

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