#4B2489#4B2489

#4B2489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.157 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2489
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 40.87, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 64.22, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0674 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.157 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0467, 4.5636, 24.1190)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2489 #628924

analogous

#243089 #4B2489 #7E2489

triadic

#4B2489 #894B24 #24894B

tetradic

#4B2489 #892430 #628924 #24897E

square

#4B2489 #892430 #628924 #24897E

split-complementary

#4B2489 #897E24 #308924

monochromatic

#160B28 #301759 #4B2489 #6631B9 #8555D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4B2489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B2489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2489

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2489	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.157 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ac',
    500: '#4b2489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2489;
$custom-light: #8362ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.168,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37554,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2489

secondary

#90B752

accent

#E246A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2489

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

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