#4B2979#4B2979

#4B2979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.131 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2979
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 66.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 33.68, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 52.27, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0643 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.131 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1449, 4.4621, 18.5703)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2979 #577929

analogous

#292F79 #4B2979 #732979

triadic

#4B2979 #794B29 #29794B

tetradic

#4B2979 #79292F #577929 #297973

square

#4B2979 #79292F #577929 #297973

split-complementary

#4B2979 #797329 #2F7929

monochromatic

#120A1E #2F1A4B #4B2979 #6738A7 #8656C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4B2979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B2979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2979

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2979	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.131 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8165a0',
    500: '#4b2979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2979;
$custom-light: #8165a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 49.383,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36925,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2979

secondary

#85AB53

accent

#D94F9E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2979

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

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