#4B2997#4B2997

#4B2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.168 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2997
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 42.23, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 69.08, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0596 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.168 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2789, 5.3157, 29.8093)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2997 #759729

analogous

#293E97 #4B2997 #822997

triadic

#4B2997 #974B29 #29974B

tetradic

#4B2997 #97293E #759729 #299782

square

#4B2997 #97293E #759729 #299782

split-complementary

#4B2997 #978229 #3E9729

monochromatic

#1B0F37 #331C67 #4B2997 #6336C7 #8865D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4B2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4B2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2997

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2997	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)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.168 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b7',
    500: '#4b2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2997;
$custom-light: #8566b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39468,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2997

secondary

#9FBB61

accent

#E147B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2997

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

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