#4B2499#4B2499

#4B2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.176 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2499
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 45.34, -57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 72.89, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0635 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.176 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2807, 5.0571, 30.6179)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2499 #729924

analogous

#243899 #4B2499 #862499

triadic

#4B2499 #994B24 #24994B

tetradic

#4B2499 #992438 #729924 #249986

square

#4B2499 #992438 #729924 #249986

split-complementary

#4B2499 #998624 #389924

monochromatic

#1A0D36 #331867 #4B2499 #6330CB #875ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4B2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4B2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2499

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2499	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.176 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b8',
    500: '#4b2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2499;
$custom-light: #8663b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39016,
    "c": 0.17575,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2499

secondary

#9DBE5B

accent

#E543AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2499

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

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