#4B2283#4B2283

#4B2283 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.152 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2283
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 74%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 40.24, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 62.04, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0707 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.152 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5694, 4.2785, 21.8954)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2283 #5A8322

analogous

#222983 #4B2283 #7C2283

triadic

#4B2283 #834B22 #22834B

tetradic

#4B2283 #832229 #5A8322 #22837C

square

#4B2283 #832229 #5A8322 #22837C

split-complementary

#4B2283 #837C22 #298322

monochromatic

#130922 #2F1552 #4B2283 #672FB4 #864ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4B2283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B2283 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2283

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2283	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.152 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a8',
    500: '#4b2283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2283;
$custom-light: #8361a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36768,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2283

secondary

#88B44C

accent

#E246A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2283

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

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