#4B2265#4B2265

#4B2265 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.117 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2265
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 32.32, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 45.33, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0747 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.117 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8222, 3.5796, 12.6936)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2265 #3C6522

analogous

#292265 #4B2265 #65225E

triadic

#4B2265 #654B22 #22654B

tetradic

#4B2265 #652922 #3C6522 #225E65

square

#4B2265 #652922 #3C6522 #225E65

split-complementary

#4B2265 #5E6522 #226529

monochromatic

#110817 #291337 #4B2265 #6D3193 #8F42BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4B2265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B2265 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2265

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2265	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.117 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806091',
    500: '#4b2265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2265;
$custom-light: #806091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34351,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2265

secondary

#69994A

accent

#D94F84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2265

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

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