#4B2691#4B2691

#4B2691 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.164 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2691
RGB	rgb(75, 38, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 73.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 42.08, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 67.49, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0637 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.164 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7042, 4.9261, 27.2748)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2691 #6C9126

analogous

#263691 #4B2691 #802691

triadic

#4B2691 #914B26 #26914B

tetradic

#4B2691 #912636 #6C9126 #269180

square

#4B2691 #912636 #6C9126 #269180

split-complementary

#4B2691 #918026 #369126

monochromatic

#190D30 #321961 #4B2691 #6433C1 #865DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#4B2691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4B2691 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2691

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2691	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 38, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.164 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464b2',
    500: '#4b2691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2691;
$custom-light: #8464b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.748,
    "s": 58.47,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38529,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2691

secondary

#98BA59

accent

#E246AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2691

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

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