#4B2289#4B2289

#4B2289 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.159 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2289
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 41.88, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 65.32, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0694 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.159 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9878, 4.4459, 24.0993)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2289 #608922

analogous

#222D89 #4B2289 #7E2289

triadic

#4B2289 #894B22 #22894B

tetradic

#4B2289 #89222D #608922 #22897E

square

#4B2289 #89222D #608922 #22897E

split-complementary

#4B2289 #897E22 #2D8922

monochromatic

#150A27 #301658 #4B2289 #662EBA #8551D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4B2289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B2289 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2289

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2289	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.159 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ac',
    500: '#4b2289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2289;
$custom-light: #8461ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37299,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2289

secondary

#8EB84F

accent

#E344A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2289

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

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