#4B2492#4B2492

#4B2492 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.168 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2492
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 146)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 43.38, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 69.13, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0653 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.168 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7194, 4.8326, 27.6619)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2492 #6B9224

analogous

#243492 #4B2492 #822492

triadic

#4B2492 #924B24 #24924B

tetradic

#4B2492 #922434 #6B9224 #249282

square

#4B2492 #922434 #6B9224 #249282

split-complementary

#4B2492 #928224 #349224

monochromatic

#190C30 #321861 #4B2492 #6430C3 #865AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4B2492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B2492 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2492

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2492	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.168 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b3',
    500: '#4b2492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2492;
$custom-light: #8563b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.273,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38365,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2492

secondary

#97BB57

accent

#E444AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2492

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

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