#4B2373#4B2373

#4B2373 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.132 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2373
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 35.40, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 52.58, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0723 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.132 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5965, 3.9357, 16.6285)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2373 #4B7323

analogous

#232373 #4B2373 #732373

triadic

#4B2373 #734B23 #23734B

tetradic

#4B2373 #732323 #4B7323 #237373

square

#4B2373 #732323 #4B7323 #237373

split-complementary

#4B2373 #737323 #237323

monochromatic

#0F0717 #2C1544 #4B2373 #6A31A2 #8849C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4B2373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B2373 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2373

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2373	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.132 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81619c',
    500: '#4b2373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2373;
$custom-light: #81619c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35564,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2373

secondary

#79A64C

accent

#DD4B94

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2373

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

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