#4B2099#4B2099

#4B2099 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.180 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2099
RGB	rgb(75, 32, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 79.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 47.22, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 74.91, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0667 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.18 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1663, 4.8284, 30.5798)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2099 #6E9920

analogous

#203299 #4B2099 #882099

triadic

#4B2099 #994B20 #20994B

tetradic

#4B2099 #992032 #6E9920 #209988

square

#4B2099 #992032 #6E9920 #209988

split-complementary

#4B2099 #998820 #329920

monochromatic

#190B34 #321566 #4B2099 #642BCC #8757DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4B2099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B2099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2099

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2099	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 32, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.180 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b8',
    500: '#4b2099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2099;
$custom-light: #8661b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.322,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38557,
    "c": 0.17983,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2099

secondary

#9AC055

accent

#E83FAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2099

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

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