#4B2284#4B2284

#4B2284 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.154 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2284
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 40.51, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 62.59, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0705 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.154 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6375, 4.3057, 22.2540)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2284 #5B8422

analogous

#222A84 #4B2284 #7C2284

triadic

#4B2284 #844B22 #22844B

tetradic

#4B2284 #84222A #5B8422 #22847C

square

#4B2284 #84222A #5B8422 #22847C

split-complementary

#4B2284 #847C22 #2A8422

monochromatic

#140923 #2F1553 #4B2284 #672FB5 #864FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4B2284 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B2284 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2284

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2284	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2284	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2284;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.154 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a9',
    500: '#4b2284',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2284;
$custom-light: #8361a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2284",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36855,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2284

secondary

#89B54D

accent

#E246A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2284

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

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