#4B2599#4B2599

#4B2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.175 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2599
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 44.85, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 72.36, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0627 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.175 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.3113, 5.1185, 30.6282)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2599 #739925

analogous

#253999 #4B2599 #852599

triadic

#4B2599 #994B25 #25994B

tetradic

#4B2599 #992539 #739925 #259985

square

#4B2599 #992539 #739925 #259985

split-complementary

#4B2599 #998525 #399925

monochromatic

#1B0D36 #331968 #4B2599 #6331CA #8760D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4B2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4B2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2599

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2599	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.175 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b8',
    500: '#4b2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2599;
$custom-light: #8664b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39138,
    "c": 0.17468,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2599

secondary

#9EBE5C

accent

#E444B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2599

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

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