#4B2282#4B2282

#4B2282 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.151 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2282
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 73.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 39.97, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 61.49, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0709 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.151 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.5019, 4.2515, 21.5401)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2282 #598222

analogous

#222982 #4B2282 #7B2282

triadic

#4B2282 #824B22 #22824B

tetradic

#4B2282 #822229 #598222 #22827B

square

#4B2282 #822229 #598222 #22827B

split-complementary

#4B2282 #827B22 #298222

monochromatic

#130921 #2F1551 #4B2282 #672FB3 #864ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4B2282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B2282 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2282

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2282	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.151 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a7',
    500: '#4b2282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2282;
$custom-light: #8361a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.625,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3668,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2282

secondary

#87B44C

accent

#E2469F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2282

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

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