#4B1F76#4B1F76

#4B1F76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.141 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1F76
RGB	rgb(75, 31, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 38.28, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 56.56, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0765 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.141 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6609, 3.7838, 17.5155)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1F76 #4A761F

analogous

#201F76 #4B1F76 #761F76

triadic

#4B1F76 #764B1F #1F764B

tetradic

#4B1F76 #76201F #4A761F #1F7676

square

#4B1F76 #76201F #4A761F #1F7676

split-complementary

#4B1F76 #76761F #1F7620

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2C1246 #4B1F76 #6A2CA6 #8942CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4B1F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B1F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1F76

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1F76	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 31, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.141 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f9e',
    500: '#4b1f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1f76;
$custom-light: #825f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 58.389,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35272,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1F76

secondary

#78AA47

accent

#E24693

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1F76

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

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