#4B2598#4B2598

#4B2598 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.174 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2598
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 44.57, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 71.82, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0629 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.174 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2291, 5.0856, 30.1950)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2598 #729825

analogous

#253998 #4B2598 #852598

triadic

#4B2598 #984B25 #25984B

tetradic

#4B2598 #982539 #729825 #259885

square

#4B2598 #982539 #729825 #259885

split-complementary

#4B2598 #988525 #399825

monochromatic

#1A0D36 #331967 #4B2598 #6331C9 #875FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4B2598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4B2598 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2598

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2598	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.174 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b7',
    500: '#4b2598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2598;
$custom-light: #8564b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.826,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39045,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2598

secondary

#9DBD5C

accent

#E444AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2598

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

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