#4B2589#4B2589

#4B2589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.156 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2589
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 73%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 40.35, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 63.66, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0664 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.156 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0774, 4.6249, 24.1292)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2589 #638925

analogous

#253189 #4B2589 #7D2589

triadic

#4B2589 #894B25 #25894B

tetradic

#4B2589 #892531 #638925 #25897D

square

#4B2589 #892531 #638925 #25897D

split-complementary

#4B2589 #897D25 #318925

monochromatic

#160B29 #311859 #4B2589 #6532B9 #8557D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4B2589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4B2589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2589

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2589	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.156 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ac',
    500: '#4b2589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2589;
$custom-light: #8363ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37685,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2589

secondary

#91B654

accent

#E147A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2589

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

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