#4B2899#4B2899

#4B2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.171 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2899
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 43.33, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 70.73, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.06 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.171 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4086, 5.3130, 30.6606)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2899 #769928

analogous

#283E99 #4B2899 #832899

triadic

#4B2899 #994B28 #28994B

tetradic

#4B2899 #99283E #769928 #289983

square

#4B2899 #99283E #769928 #289983

split-complementary

#4B2899 #998328 #3E9928

monochromatic

#1B0F38 #331B68 #4B2899 #6335CA #8865D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4B2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4B2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2899

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2899	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.171 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b8',
    500: '#4b2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2899;
$custom-light: #8565b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.584,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39518,
    "c": 0.17136,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2899

secondary

#A0BD60

accent

#E246B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2899

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

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