#4B2799#4B2799

#4B2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.172 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2799
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 43.84, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 71.28, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0609 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.172 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3753, 5.2464, 30.6495)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2799 #759927

analogous

#273C99 #4B2799 #842799

triadic

#4B2799 #994B27 #27994B

tetradic

#4B2799 #99273C #759927 #279984

square

#4B2799 #99273C #759927 #279984

split-complementary

#4B2799 #998427 #3C9927

monochromatic

#1B0E37 #331B68 #4B2799 #6333CA #8863D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4B2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4B2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2799

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2799	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.172 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b8',
    500: '#4b2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2799;
$custom-light: #8565b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39389,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2799

secondary

#9FBD5F

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2799

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

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