#4B2290#4B2290

#4B2290 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.168 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2290
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 144)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 43.81, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 69.11, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0676 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.168 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5063, 4.6533, 26.8301)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2290 #679022

analogous

#223090 #4B2290 #822290

triadic

#4B2290 #904B22 #22904B

tetradic

#4B2290 #902230 #679022 #229082

square

#4B2290 #902230 #679022 #229082

split-complementary

#4B2290 #908222 #309022

monochromatic

#170B2D #31165E #4B2290 #652EC2 #8655D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4B2290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4B2290 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2290

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2290	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.168 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b1',
    500: '#4b2290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2290;
$custom-light: #8562b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37937,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2290

secondary

#94BB53

accent

#E543A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2290

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

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