#4B1E90#4B1E90

#4B1E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.172 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E90
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 144)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.07, 45.68, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.07, 71.13, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.071 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.172 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3986, 4.4378, 26.7942)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E90 #63901E

analogous

#1E2A90 #4B1E90 #841E90

triadic

#4B1E90 #904B1E #1E904B

tetradic

#4B1E90 #901E2A #63901E #1E9084

square

#4B1E90 #901E2A #63901E #1E9084

split-complementary

#4B1E90 #90841E #2A901E

monochromatic

#16092B #31135D #4B1E90 #6529C3 #854EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4B1E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B1E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E90

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E90	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.172 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560b2',
    500: '#4b1e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e90;
$custom-light: #8560b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37478,
    "c": 0.17173,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E90

secondary

#91BD4D

accent

#E83FA6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E90

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

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