#4B2385#4B2385

#4B2385 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.153 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2385
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 40.28, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 62.59, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.0693 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.154 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7352, 4.3912, 22.6258)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2385 #5D8523

analogous

#232C85 #4B2385 #7C2385

triadic

#4B2385 #854B23 #23854B

tetradic

#4B2385 #85232C #5D8523 #23857C

square

#4B2385 #85232C #5D8523 #23857C

split-complementary

#4B2385 #857C23 #2C8523

monochromatic

#140924 #301655 #4B2385 #6630B5 #8551D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4B2385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4B2385 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2385

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2385	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.153 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a9',
    500: '#4b2385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2385;
$custom-light: #8362a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37071,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2385

secondary

#8BB54F

accent

#E246A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2385

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

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