#4B2999#4B2999

#4B2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.170 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2999
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 42.80, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 70.17, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0591 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.17 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4427, 5.3813, 30.6720)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2999 #779929

analogous

#293F99 #4B2999 #832999

triadic

#4B2999 #994B29 #29994B

tetradic

#4B2999 #99293F #779929 #299983

square

#4B2999 #99293F #779929 #299983

split-complementary

#4B2999 #998329 #3F9929

monochromatic

#1C0F38 #331C69 #4B2999 #6336C9 #8866D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4B2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2999

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2999	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.170 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b8',
    500: '#4b2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2999;
$custom-light: #8566b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3965,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2999

secondary

#A1BC62

accent

#E147B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2999

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

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