#4B2387#4B2387

#4B2387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.156 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2387
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 40.83, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 63.68, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0689 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.156 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8747, 4.4470, 23.3604)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2387 #5F8723

analogous

#232D87 #4B2387 #7D2387

triadic

#4B2387 #874B23 #23874B

tetradic

#4B2387 #87232D #5F8723 #23877D

square

#4B2387 #87232D #5F8723 #23877D

split-complementary

#4B2387 #877D23 #2D8723

monochromatic

#150A26 #301656 #4B2387 #6630B8 #8552D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4B2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2387

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2387	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.156 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ab',
    500: '#4b2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2387;
$custom-light: #8362ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37247,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2387

secondary

#8DB650

accent

#E246A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2387

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

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