#4B2199#4B2199

#4B2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.179 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2199
RGB	rgb(75, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 46.76, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 74.42, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0659 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.179 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1936, 4.8831, 30.5889)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2199 #6F9921

analogous

#213399 #4B2199 #872199

triadic

#4B2199 #994B21 #21994B

tetradic

#4B2199 #992133 #6F9921 #219987

square

#4B2199 #992133 #6F9921 #219987

split-complementary

#4B2199 #998721 #339921

monochromatic

#1A0B34 #321667 #4B2199 #642CCB #8759DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4B2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4B2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2199

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2199	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.179 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b8',
    500: '#4b2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2199;
$custom-light: #8662b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38668,
    "c": 0.17885,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2199

secondary

#9BBF56

accent

#E840AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2199

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

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