#4B2A72#4B2A72

#4B2A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.120 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2A72
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 31.15, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 47.60, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0634 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.12 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7662, 4.3667, 16.4027)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2A72 #51722A

analogous

#2A2D72 #4B2A72 #6F2A72

triadic

#4B2A72 #724B2A #2A724B

tetradic

#4B2A72 #722A2D #51722A #2A726F

square

#4B2A72 #722A2D #51722A #2A726F

split-complementary

#4B2A72 #726F2A #2D722A

monochromatic

#100919 #2E1A45 #4B2A72 #683A9F #8756C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#4B2A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B2A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2A72

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2A72	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.120 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80659b',
    500: '#4b2a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2a72;
$custom-light: #80659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36547,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2A72

secondary

#7FA454

accent

#D65299

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2A72

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

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