#4B2496#4B2496

#4B2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.172 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2496
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 44.50, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 71.28, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0643 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.172 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0360, 4.9593, 29.3294)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2496 #6F9624

analogous

#243696 #4B2496 #842496

triadic

#4B2496 #964B24 #24964B

tetradic

#4B2496 #962436 #6F9624 #249684

square

#4B2496 #962436 #6F9624 #249684

split-complementary

#4B2496 #968424 #369624

monochromatic

#1A0C33 #321865 #4B2496 #6430C7 #875CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4B2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4B2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2496

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2496	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.172 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b6',
    500: '#4b2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2496;
$custom-light: #8563b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38735,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2496

secondary

#9BBD59

accent

#E443AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2496

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

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