#4B2479#4B2479

#4B2479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.138 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2479
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 70.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 36.47, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 55.34, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0703 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.138 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9829, 4.1380, 18.5163)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2479 #527924

analogous

#242879 #4B2479 #752479

triadic

#4B2479 #794B24 #24794B

tetradic

#4B2479 #792428 #527924 #247975

square

#4B2479 #792428 #527924 #247975

split-complementary

#4B2479 #797524 #287924

monochromatic

#11081B #2E164A #4B2479 #6832A8 #874DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4B2479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B2479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2479

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2479	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.138 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a0',
    500: '#4b2479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2479;
$custom-light: #8162a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.529,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36189,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2479

secondary

#80AC4D

accent

#DE4A9A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2479

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

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