#4B2186#4B2186

#4B2186 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.157 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2186
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 75.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 41.56, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 64.23, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.071 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.157 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7475, 4.3046, 22.9723)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2186 #5C8621

analogous

#212A86 #4B2186 #7D2186

triadic

#4B2186 #864B21 #21864B

tetradic

#4B2186 #86212A #5C8621 #21867D

square

#4B2186 #86212A #5C8621 #21867D

split-complementary

#4B2186 #867D21 #2A8621

monochromatic

#140924 #301555 #4B2186 #662DB7 #854ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4B2186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B2186 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2186

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2186	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.157 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361aa',
    500: '#4b2186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2186;
$custom-light: #8361aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36907,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2186

secondary

#8AB74C

accent

#E444A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2186

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

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