#4B2579#4B2579

#4B2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.136 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2579
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 35.93, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 54.75, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0692 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.136 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0136, 4.1994, 18.5265)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2579 #537925

analogous

#252979 #4B2579 #752579

triadic

#4B2579 #794B25 #25794B

tetradic

#4B2579 #792529 #537925 #257975

square

#4B2579 #792529 #537925 #257975

split-complementary

#4B2579 #797525 #297925

monochromatic

#11081B #2E174A #4B2579 #6833A8 #864FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4B2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2579

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2579	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.136 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a0',
    500: '#4b2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2579;
$custom-light: #8162a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.143,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36331,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2579

secondary

#81AB4E

accent

#DD4B9B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2579

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

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