#4B2872#4B2872

#4B2872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.123 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2872
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 114)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 32.32, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 48.90, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0661 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.123 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6970, 4.2283, 16.3797)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2872 #4F7228

analogous

#282A72 #4B2872 #702872

triadic

#4B2872 #724B28 #28724B

tetradic

#4B2872 #72282A #4F7228 #287270

square

#4B2872 #72282A #4F7228 #287270

split-complementary

#4B2872 #727028 #2A7228

monochromatic

#0F0817 #2D1845 #4B2872 #69389F #8752C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4B2872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B2872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2872

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2872	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.123 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80649b',
    500: '#4b2872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2872;
$custom-light: #80649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.378,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3623,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2872

secondary

#7DA452

accent

#D85098

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2872

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

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