#4B2590#4B2590

#4B2590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.164 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2590
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 144)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 42.31, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 67.50, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0649 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.164 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5959, 4.8323, 26.8600)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2590 #6A9025

analogous

#253590 #4B2590 #802590

triadic

#4B2590 #904B25 #25904B

tetradic

#4B2590 #902535 #6A9025 #259080

square

#4B2590 #902535 #6A9025 #259080

split-complementary

#4B2590 #908025 #359025

monochromatic

#180C2F #32185F #4B2590 #6432C1 #865BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4B2590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B2590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2590

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2590	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.164 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463b1',
    500: '#4b2590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2590;
$custom-light: #8463b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 59.116,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38309,
    "c": 0.16411,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2590

secondary

#97B957

accent

#E245AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2590

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

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