#4B2299#4B2299

#4B2299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.178 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2299
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 77.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 46.30, -57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 73.92, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.0651 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.178 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2218, 4.9395, 30.5983)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2299 #709922

analogous

#223599 #4B2299 #872299

triadic

#4B2299 #994B22 #22994B

tetradic

#4B2299 #992235 #709922 #229987

square

#4B2299 #992235 #709922 #229987

split-complementary

#4B2299 #998722 #359922

monochromatic

#1A0C35 #321767 #4B2299 #642DCB #875BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#4B2299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4B2299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2299

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2299	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.178 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b8',
    500: '#4b2299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2299;
$custom-light: #8662b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.672,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38781,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2299

secondary

#9BBF58

accent

#E741AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2299

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

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