#4B2288#4B2288

#4B2288 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.158 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2288
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 75%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 41.61, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 64.78, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0696 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.158 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9164, 4.4173, 23.7233)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2288 #5F8822

analogous

#222C88 #4B2288 #7E2288

triadic

#4B2288 #884B22 #22884B

tetradic

#4B2288 #88222C #5F8822 #22887E

square

#4B2288 #88222C #5F8822 #22887E

split-complementary

#4B2288 #887E22 #2C8822

monochromatic

#150A26 #301657 #4B2288 #662EB9 #8551D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4B2288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B2288 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2288

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2288	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.158 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ac',
    500: '#4b2288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2288;
$custom-light: #8361ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3721,
    "c": 0.15823,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2288

secondary

#8DB74F

accent

#E345A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2288

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

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