#4B2189#4B2189

#4B2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.161 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2189
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 42.38, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 65.86, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0703 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.161 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.9597, 4.3895, 24.0900)
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

#4B2189 #5F8921

analogous

#212B89 #4B2189 #7F2189

triadic

#4B2189 #894B21 #21894B

tetradic

#4B2189 #89212B #5F8921 #21897F

square

#4B2189 #89212B #5F8921 #21897F

split-complementary

#4B2189 #897F21 #2B8921

monochromatic

#150926 #301558 #4B2189 #662DBA #8550D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4B2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2189

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2189	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)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.161 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ac',
    500: '#4b2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2189;
$custom-light: #8461ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37176,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.0439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2189

secondary

#8DB84E

accent

#E444A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2189

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

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