#4B2888#4B2888

#4B2888 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.151 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2888
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 136)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 38.46, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 61.37, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0635 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.151 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1032, 4.7908, 23.7856)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2888 #658828

analogous

#283588 #4B2888 #7B2888

triadic

#4B2888 #884B28 #28884B

tetradic

#4B2888 #882835 #658828 #28887B

square

#4B2888 #882835 #658828 #28887B

split-complementary

#4B2888 #887B28 #358828

monochromatic

#170C29 #311A59 #4B2888 #6536B7 #865BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4B2888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4B2888 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2888

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2888	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.151 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365ab',
    500: '#4b2888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2888;
$custom-light: #8365ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.875,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38009,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2888

secondary

#92B458

accent

#DE4AA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2888

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

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