#4B2281#4B2281

#4B2281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.150 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2281
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 39.70, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 60.94, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0711 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.15 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4351, 4.2248, 21.1884)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2281 #588122

analogous

#222981 #4B2281 #7B2281

triadic

#4B2281 #814B22 #22814B

tetradic

#4B2281 #812229 #588122 #22817B

square

#4B2281 #812229 #588122 #22817B

split-complementary

#4B2281 #817B22 #298122

monochromatic

#130820 #2F1551 #4B2281 #672FB1 #864DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4B2281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B2281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2281

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2281	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.150 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a6',
    500: '#4b2281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2281;
$custom-light: #8361a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.895,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36594,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2281

secondary

#87B34B

accent

#E1469F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2281

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

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