#4B2497#4B2497

#4B2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.173 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2497
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 44.78, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 71.82, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.064 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.173 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1169, 4.9916, 29.7553)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2497 #709724

analogous

#243797 #4B2497 #852497

triadic

#4B2497 #974B24 #24974B

tetradic

#4B2497 #972437 #709724 #249785

square

#4B2497 #972437 #709724 #249785

split-complementary

#4B2497 #978524 #379724

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #321866 #4B2497 #6430C8 #875DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4B2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4B2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2497

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2497	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.173 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b7',
    500: '#4b2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2497;
$custom-light: #8563b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.348,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38829,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2497

secondary

#9BBD5A

accent

#E543AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2497

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

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