#4B2079#4B2079

#4B2079 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.143 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2079
RGB	rgb(75, 32, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 73.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 38.57, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 57.65, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0748 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.143 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8685, 3.9093, 18.4782)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2079 #4E7920

analogous

#202179 #4B2079 #782079

triadic

#4B2079 #794B20 #20794B

tetradic

#4B2079 #792021 #4E7920 #207978

square

#4B2079 #792021 #4E7920 #207978

split-complementary

#4B2079 #797820 #217920

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2D1349 #4B2079 #692DA9 #8745CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4B2079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B2079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2079

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2079	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 32, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.143 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa0',
    500: '#4b2079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2079;
$custom-light: #825fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.989,
    "s": 58.17,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35652,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2079

secondary

#7CAC49

accent

#E14697

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2079

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

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