#4B2972#4B2972

#4B2972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.122 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2972
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 114)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 64%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 31.74, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 48.25, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0648 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.122 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7311, 4.2966, 16.3910)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2972 #507229

analogous

#292B72 #4B2972 #6F2972

triadic

#4B2972 #724B29 #29724B

tetradic

#4B2972 #72292B #507229 #29726F

square

#4B2972 #72292B #507229 #29726F

split-complementary

#4B2972 #726F29 #2B7229

monochromatic

#100918 #2D1945 #4B2972 #69399F #8754C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4B2972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B2972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2972

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2972	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.122 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80659b',
    500: '#4b2972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2972;
$custom-light: #80659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 47.097,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36387,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2972

secondary

#7EA453

accent

#D75198

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2972

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

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