#4B259B#4B259B

#4B259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.177 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B259B
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 45.41, -57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 73.43, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0621 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.177 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4779, 5.1852, 31.5054)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B259B #759B25

analogous

#253A9B #4B259B #86259B

triadic

#4B259B #9B4B25 #259B4B

tetradic

#4B259B #9B253A #759B25 #259B86

square

#4B259B #9B253A #759B25 #259B86

split-complementary

#4B259B #9B8625 #3A9B25

monochromatic

#1B0D38 #33196A #4B259B #6331CC #8861D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4B259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4B259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B259B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B259B	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.177 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664ba',
    500: '#4b259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b259b;
$custom-light: #8664ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39326,
    "c": 0.17702,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B259B

secondary

#9FBF5D

accent

#E543B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B259B

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

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