#4B2272#4B2272

#4B2272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.132 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2272
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 35.67, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 52.61, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0736 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.132 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5102, 3.8548, 16.3174)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2272 #497222

analogous

#232272 #4B2272 #722271

triadic

#4B2272 #724B22 #22724B

tetradic

#4B2272 #722322 #497222 #227172

square

#4B2272 #722322 #497222 #227172

split-complementary

#4B2272 #717222 #227223

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1443 #4B2272 #6A30A1 #8946C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4B2272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4B2272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2272

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2272	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.132 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609b',
    500: '#4b2272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2272;
$custom-light: #81609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.75,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35345,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2272

secondary

#77A54B

accent

#DD4A92

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2272

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

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