#4520B4#4520B4

#4520B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.210 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4520B4
RGB	rgb(69, 32, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 82.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 53.97, -71.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 89.18, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0485 -0.2047)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.21 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2064, 5.5927, 43.6601)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4520B4 #8FB420

analogous

#2045B4 #4520B4 #8F20B4

triadic

#4520B4 #B44520 #20B445

tetradic

#4520B4 #B42045 #8FB420 #20B48F

square

#4520B4 #B42045 #8FB420 #20B48F

split-complementary

#4520B4 #B48F20 #45B420

monochromatic

#1D0E4C #311780 #4520B4 #5F36DB #896AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4520B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4520B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4520B4

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4520B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4520B4	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4520b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 32, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.210 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762cc',
    500: '#4520b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4520b4;
$custom-light: #8762cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4520b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40702,
    "c": 0.21038,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4520B4

secondary

#B1CA66

accent

#ED3BC0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4520B4

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

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