#4B1E96#4B1E96

#4B1E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.178 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1E96
RGB	rgb(75, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 47.30, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 74.29, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0691 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.178 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8694, 4.6261, 29.2739)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1E96 #69961E

analogous

#1E2D96 #4B1E96 #871E96

triadic

#4B1E96 #964B1E #1E964B

tetradic

#4B1E96 #961E2D #69961E #1E9687

square

#4B1E96 #961E2D #69961E #1E9687

split-complementary

#4B1E96 #96871E #2D961E

monochromatic

#180A30 #311463 #4B1E96 #6428C9 #8652DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4B1E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4B1E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1E96

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1E96	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.178 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660b6',
    500: '#4b1e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1e96;
$custom-light: #8660b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38052,
    "c": 0.17842,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1E96

secondary

#96BF50

accent

#EA3EA9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1E96

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