#4B2273#4B2273

#4B2273 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.133 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2273
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 35.94, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 53.17, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0735 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.133 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5675, 3.8777, 16.6188)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2273 #4A7322

analogous

#232273 #4B2273 #732273

triadic

#4B2273 #734B22 #22734B

tetradic

#4B2273 #732322 #4A7322 #227373

square

#4B2273 #732322 #4A7322 #227373

split-complementary

#4B2273 #737322 #227323

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2C1444 #4B2273 #6A30A2 #8947C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4B2273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4B2273 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2273

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2273	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.133 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609c',
    500: '#4b2273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2273;
$custom-light: #81609c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.37,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35425,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2273

secondary

#78A64B

accent

#DE4A93

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2273

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

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