#4B299B#4B299B

#4B299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.173 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B299B
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 43.38, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 71.25, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0587 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.173 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6093, 5.4479, 31.5492)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B299B #799B29

analogous

#29409B #4B299B #84299B

triadic

#4B299B #9B4B29 #299B4B

tetradic

#4B299B #9B2940 #799B29 #299B84

square

#4B299B #9B2940 #799B29 #299B84

split-complementary

#4B299B #9B8429 #409B29

monochromatic

#1C0F3A #341C6B #4B299B #6337CA #8967D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4B299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4B299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B299B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B299B	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.173 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b9',
    500: '#4b299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b299b;
$custom-light: #8666b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.895,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39833,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B299B

secondary

#A2BD63

accent

#E146B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B299B

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

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