#4B2397#4B2397

#4B2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.174 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2397
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 45.27, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 72.34, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0649 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.175 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0870, 4.9319, 29.7453)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2397 #6F9723

analogous

#233597 #4B2397 #852397

triadic

#4B2397 #974B23 #23974B

tetradic

#4B2397 #972335 #6F9723 #239785

square

#4B2397 #972335 #6F9723 #239785

split-complementary

#4B2397 #978523 #359723

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #321765 #4B2397 #642FC9 #875BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4B2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4B2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2397

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2397	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.174 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b7',
    500: '#4b2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2397;
$custom-light: #8562b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38709,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2397

secondary

#9BBE58

accent

#E542AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2397

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

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