#4B2389#4B2389

#4B2389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.158 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2389
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 41.38, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 64.78, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0684 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.158 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0168, 4.5039, 24.1090)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2389 #618923

analogous

#232E89 #4B2389 #7E2389

triadic

#4B2389 #894B23 #23894B

tetradic

#4B2389 #89232E #618923 #23897E

square

#4B2389 #89232E #618923 #23897E

split-complementary

#4B2389 #897E23 #2E8923

monochromatic

#160A28 #301758 #4B2389 #662FBA #8553D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4B2389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4B2389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2389

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2389	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.158 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ac',
    500: '#4b2389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2389;
$custom-light: #8362ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37425,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2389

secondary

#8FB751

accent

#E245A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2389

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

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