#4B2287#4B2287

#4B2287 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.157 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2287
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 41.33, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 64.23, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0698 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.157 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8457, 4.3890, 23.3508)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2287 #5E8722

analogous

#222C87 #4B2287 #7D2287

triadic

#4B2287 #874B22 #22874B

tetradic

#4B2287 #87222C #5E8722 #22877D

square

#4B2287 #87222C #5E8722 #22877D

split-complementary

#4B2287 #877D22 #2C8722

monochromatic

#150925 #301656 #4B2287 #662EB8 #8550D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4B2287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B2287 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2287

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2287	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.157 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ab',
    500: '#4b2287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2287;
$custom-light: #8361ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.356,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3712,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2287

secondary

#8CB74E

accent

#E345A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2287

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

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