#4B2182#4B2182

#4B2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.152 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2182
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 40.47, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 62.04, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.072 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.152 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4737, 4.1952, 21.5308)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2182 #588221

analogous

#212882 #4B2182 #7C2182

triadic

#4B2182 #824B21 #21824B

tetradic

#4B2182 #822128 #588221 #21827C

square

#4B2182 #822128 #588221 #21827C

split-complementary

#4B2182 #827C21 #288221

monochromatic

#130820 #2F1551 #4B2182 #672DB3 #864CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4B2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2182

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2182	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.152 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a7',
    500: '#4b2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2182;
$custom-light: #8360a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.979,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36553,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2182

secondary

#87B44A

accent

#E3459E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2182

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

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