#4B2286#4B2286

#4B2286 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.156 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2286
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 74.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 41.06, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 63.69, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0701 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.156 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7756, 4.3610, 22.9817)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2286 #5D8622

analogous

#222B86 #4B2286 #7D2286

triadic

#4B2286 #864B22 #22864B

tetradic

#4B2286 #86222B #5D8622 #22867D

square

#4B2286 #86222B #5D8622 #22867D

split-complementary

#4B2286 #867D22 #2B8622

monochromatic

#140924 #301655 #4B2286 #662EB7 #8550D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4B2286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B2286 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2286

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2286	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.156 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361aa',
    500: '#4b2286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2286;
$custom-light: #8361aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37032,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2286

secondary

#8BB64E

accent

#E345A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2286

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

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