#4B2587#4B2587

#4B2587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.153 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2587
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 39.79, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 62.56, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0668 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.153 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9352, 4.5681, 23.3806)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2587 #618725

analogous

#253087 #4B2587 #7C2587

triadic

#4B2587 #874B25 #25874B

tetradic

#4B2587 #872530 #618725 #25877C

square

#4B2587 #872530 #618725 #25877C

split-complementary

#4B2587 #877C25 #308725

monochromatic

#160B27 #301857 #4B2587 #6632B7 #8556D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4B2587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B2587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2587

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2587	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.153 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ab',
    500: '#4b2587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2587;
$custom-light: #8363ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3751,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2587

secondary

#8FB553

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2587

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

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