#4521B3#4521B3

#4521B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.208 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4521B3
RGB	rgb(69, 33, 179)
HSL	hsl(255, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 53.26, -70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 88.23, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0483 -0.2028)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.208 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1323, 5.6068, 43.1347)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4521B3 #8FB321

analogous

#2146B3 #4521B3 #8E21B3

triadic

#4521B3 #B34521 #21B345

tetradic

#4521B3 #B32146 #8FB321 #21B38E

square

#4521B3 #B32146 #8FB321 #21B38E

split-complementary

#4521B3 #B38E21 #46B321

monochromatic

#1D0E4C #31177F #4521B3 #5F37DA #896BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4521B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4521B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4521B3

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4521B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4521B3	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4521b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 33, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.208 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763cb',
    500: '#4521b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4521b3;
$custom-light: #8763cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4521b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.795,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40695,
    "c": 0.20848,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4521B3

secondary

#B1CA66

accent

#EC3CC0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4521B3

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

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