#4B2279#4B2279

#4B2279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.141 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2279
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 37.54, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 56.52, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0726 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.141 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9240, 4.0203, 18.4967)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2279 #507922

analogous

#222479 #4B2279 #762279

triadic

#4B2279 #794B22 #22794B

tetradic

#4B2279 #792224 #507922 #227976

square

#4B2279 #792224 #507922 #227976

split-complementary

#4B2279 #797622 #247922

monochromatic

#100719 #2D1549 #4B2279 #692FA9 #8749CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4B2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4B2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2279

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2279	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.141 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a0',
    500: '#4b2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2279;
$custom-light: #8261a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35915,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2279

secondary

#7EAC4B

accent

#DF4898

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2279

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

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