#4B2985#4B2985

#4B2985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.146 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2985
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 37.06, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 59.08, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.0629 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.146 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9271, 4.7750, 22.6898)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2985 #638529

analogous

#293585 #4B2985 #792985

triadic

#4B2985 #854B29 #29854B

tetradic

#4B2985 #852935 #638529 #298579

square

#4B2985 #852935 #638529 #298579

split-complementary

#4B2985 #857929 #358529

monochromatic

#160C27 #311B56 #4B2985 #6537B4 #855CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4B2985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4B2985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2985

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2985	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.146 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365a9',
    500: '#4b2985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2985;
$custom-light: #8365a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 52.874,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37898,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2985

secondary

#91B258

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2985

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

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