#4B2298#4B2298

#4B2298 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.177 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2298
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 152)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 46.02, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 73.39, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0654 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.177 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1396, 4.9066, 30.1652)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2298 #6F9822

analogous

#223498 #4B2298 #862298

triadic

#4B2298 #984B22 #22984B

tetradic

#4B2298 #982234 #6F9822 #229886

square

#4B2298 #982234 #6F9822 #229886

split-complementary

#4B2298 #988622 #349822

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #321766 #4B2298 #642DCA #875ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4B2298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4B2298 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2298

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2298	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.177 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b7',
    500: '#4b2298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2298;
$custom-light: #8662b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38686,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2298

secondary

#9BBE57

accent

#E641AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2298

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

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