#4B2485#4B2485

#4B2485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.152 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2485
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 72.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 39.76, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 62.02, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0683 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.152 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7651, 4.4509, 22.6357)
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

#4B2485 #5E8524

analogous

#242D85 #4B2485 #7B2485

triadic

#4B2485 #854B24 #24854B

tetradic

#4B2485 #85242D #5E8524 #24857B

square

#4B2485 #85242D #5E8524 #24857B

split-complementary

#4B2485 #857B24 #2D8524

monochromatic

#150A25 #301755 #4B2485 #6631B5 #8553D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4B2485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B2485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2485

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2485	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)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.152 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a9',
    500: '#4b2485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2485;
$custom-light: #8362a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37203,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2485

secondary

#8CB450

accent

#E147A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2485

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

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