#4B1E8E#4B1E8E

#4B1E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.170 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E8E
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 45.14, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 70.07, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0716 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.17 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.2471, 4.3772, 25.9963)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E8E #618E1E

analogous

#1E298E #4B1E8E #831E8E

triadic

#4B1E8E #8E4B1E #1E8E4B

tetradic

#4B1E8E #8E1E29 #618E1E #1E8E83

square

#4B1E8E #8E1E29 #618E1E #1E8E83

split-complementary

#4B1E8E #8E831E #298E1E

monochromatic

#160929 #30135B #4B1E8E #6629C1 #854DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4B1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E8E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E8E	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.170 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb0',
    500: '#4b1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e8e;
$custom-light: #855fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3729,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E8E

secondary

#8FBC4C

accent

#E840A4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E8E

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

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