#4B208B#4B208B

#4B208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.164 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B208B
RGB	rgb(75, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 43.40, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 67.46, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0707 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.164 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0771, 4.3928, 24.8434)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B208B #608B20

analogous

#202A8B #4B208B #80208B

triadic

#4B208B #8B4B20 #208B4B

tetradic

#4B208B #8B202A #608B20 #208B80

square

#4B208B #8B202A #608B20 #208B80

split-complementary

#4B208B #8B8020 #2A8B20

monochromatic

#150928 #301559 #4B208B #662BBD #854FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4B208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B208B

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B208B	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.164 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460ae',
    500: '#4b208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b208b;
$custom-light: #8460ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.112,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37239,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B208B

secondary

#8EBA4D

accent

#E642A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B208B

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

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