#4B2280#4B2280

#4B2280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.149 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2280
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 39.43, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 60.39, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0713 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.149 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3690, 4.1983, 20.8400)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2280 #578022

analogous

#222880 #4B2280 #7A2280

triadic

#4B2280 #804B22 #22804B

tetradic

#4B2280 #802228 #578022 #22807A

square

#4B2280 #802228 #578022 #22807A

split-complementary

#4B2280 #807A22 #288022

monochromatic

#12081F #2F1550 #4B2280 #672FB0 #864DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4B2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2280

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2280	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.149 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a6',
    500: '#4b2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2280;
$custom-light: #8261a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.17,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36507,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2280

secondary

#85B24B

accent

#E1479E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2280

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

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