#4B2085#4B2085

#4B2085 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.157 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2085
RGB	rgb(75, 32, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 41.78, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 64.22, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0722 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.157 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6507, 4.2222, 22.5976)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2085 #5A8520

analogous

#202785 #4B2085 #7E2085

triadic

#4B2085 #854B20 #20854B

tetradic

#4B2085 #852027 #5A8520 #20857E

square

#4B2085 #852027 #5A8520 #20857E

split-complementary

#4B2085 #857E20 #278520

monochromatic

#130822 #2F1454 #4B2085 #672CB6 #864CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4B2085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B2085 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2085

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2085	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 32, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.157 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a9',
    500: '#4b2085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2085;
$custom-light: #8360a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36695,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2085

secondary

#88B74A

accent

#E443A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2085

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

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