#4B2188#4B2188

#4B2188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.159 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2188
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 75.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 42.10, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 65.32, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0706 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.159 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8883, 4.3610, 23.7139)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2188 #5E8821

analogous

#212A88 #4B2188 #7E2188

triadic

#4B2188 #884B21 #21884B

tetradic

#4B2188 #88212A #5E8821 #21887E

square

#4B2188 #88212A #5E8821 #21887E

split-complementary

#4B2188 #887E21 #2A8821

monochromatic

#150925 #301557 #4B2188 #662DB9 #854FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4B2188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B2188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2188

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2188	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.159 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ac',
    500: '#4b2188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2188;
$custom-light: #8461ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37086,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2188

secondary

#8CB84D

accent

#E444A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2188

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

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