#4B249E#4B249E

#4B249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.182 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B249E
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 46.74, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 75.55, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0621 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.182 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.7023, 5.2258, 32.8386)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B249E #779E24

analogous

#243A9E #4B249E #88249E

triadic

#4B249E #9E4B24 #249E4B

tetradic

#4B249E #9E243A #779E24 #249E88

square

#4B249E #9E243A #779E24 #249E88

split-complementary

#4B249E #9E8824 #3A9E24

monochromatic

#1C0D3A #33196C #4B249E #632FD0 #8861DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4B249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4B249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B249E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B249E	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.182 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bc',
    500: '#4b249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b249e;
$custom-light: #8663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.18,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39491,
    "c": 0.18152,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B249E

secondary

#A1C05E

accent

#E642B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B249E

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

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