#4B2585#4B2585

#4B2585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.151 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2585
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 39.23, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 61.45, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0672 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.151 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7957, 4.5123, 22.6460)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2585 #5F8525

analogous

#252F85 #4B2585 #7B2585

triadic

#4B2585 #854B25 #25854B

tetradic

#4B2585 #85252F #5F8525 #25857B

square

#4B2585 #85252F #5F8525 #25857B

split-complementary

#4B2585 #857B25 #2F8525

monochromatic

#150A25 #301855 #4B2585 #6632B5 #8555D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4B2585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4B2585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2585

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2585	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.151 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a9',
    500: '#4b2585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2585;
$custom-light: #8363a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.75,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37336,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2585

secondary

#8DB452

accent

#E048A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2585

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

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