#4B2491#4B2491

#4B2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.166 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2491
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 43.10, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 68.58, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0656 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.166 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6419, 4.8017, 27.2541)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2491 #6A9124

analogous

#243391 #4B2491 #812491

triadic

#4B2491 #914B24 #24914B

tetradic

#4B2491 #912433 #6A9124 #249181

square

#4B2491 #912433 #6A9124 #249181

split-complementary

#4B2491 #918124 #339124

monochromatic

#180C2F #321860 #4B2491 #6430C2 #8659D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4B2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4B2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2491

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2491	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.166 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b2',
    500: '#4b2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2491;
$custom-light: #8563b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38274,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2491

secondary

#97BA56

accent

#E344AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2491

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

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