#4B2498#4B2498

#4B2498 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.175 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2498
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 45.06, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 72.35, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0638 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.175 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1984, 5.0243, 30.1848)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2498 #719824

analogous

#243798 #4B2498 #852498

triadic

#4B2498 #984B24 #24984B

tetradic

#4B2498 #982437 #719824 #249885

square

#4B2498 #982437 #719824 #249885

split-complementary

#4B2498 #988524 #379824

monochromatic

#1A0D35 #331867 #4B2498 #6330C9 #875ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4B2498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4B2498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2498

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2498	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.175 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b7',
    500: '#4b2498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2498;
$custom-light: #8663b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.172,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38922,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2498

secondary

#9CBE5A

accent

#E543AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2498

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

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