#4B299E#4B299E

#4B299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.176 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B299E
RGB	rgb(75, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 44.25, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 72.88, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.058 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.176 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8644, 5.5499, 32.8926)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B299E #7C9E29

analogous

#29429E #4B299E #86299E

triadic

#4B299E #9E4B29 #299E4B

tetradic

#4B299E #9E2942 #7C9E29 #299E86

square

#4B299E #9E2942 #7C9E29 #299E86

split-complementary

#4B299E #9E8629 #429E29

monochromatic

#1D103D #341C6D #4B299E #6339CC #8969D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4B299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4B299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B299E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B299E	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.176 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666bc',
    500: '#4b299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b299e;
$custom-light: #8666bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40109,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B299E

secondary

#A4BF64

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B299E

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

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