#4B2399#4B2399

#4B2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.177 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2399
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 45.82, -57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 73.41, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.0643 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.177 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2508, 4.9975, 30.6080)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2399 #719923

analogous

#233699 #4B2399 #862399

triadic

#4B2399 #994B23 #23994B

tetradic

#4B2399 #992336 #719923 #239986

square

#4B2399 #992336 #719923 #239986

split-complementary

#4B2399 #998623 #369923

monochromatic

#1A0C35 #331867 #4B2399 #632ECB #875DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#4B2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4B2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2399

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2399	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.177 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b8',
    500: '#4b2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2399;
$custom-light: #8663b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38898,
    "c": 0.1768,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2399

secondary

#9CBE59

accent

#E642AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2399

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

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