#4B2291#4B2291

#4B2291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.169 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2291
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 44.09, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 69.65, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.0673 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.169 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5831, 4.6840, 27.2344)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2291 #689122

analogous

#223191 #4B2291 #822291

triadic

#4B2291 #914B22 #22914B

tetradic

#4B2291 #912231 #689122 #229182

square

#4B2291 #912231 #689122 #229182

split-complementary

#4B2291 #918222 #319122

monochromatic

#180B2E #31165F #4B2291 #652EC3 #8656D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4B2291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4B2291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2291

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2291	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.169 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b2',
    500: '#4b2291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2291;
$custom-light: #8562b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38029,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2291

secondary

#95BB53

accent

#E543A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2291

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

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