#4B2A79#4B2A79

#4B2A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.129 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2A79
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 33.10, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 51.63, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0631 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.129 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1800, 4.5322, 18.5820)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2A79 #58792A

analogous

#2A3179 #4B2A79 #732A79

triadic

#4B2A79 #794B2A #2A794B

tetradic

#4B2A79 #792A31 #58792A #2A7973

square

#4B2A79 #792A31 #58792A #2A7973

split-complementary

#4B2A79 #79732A #31792A

monochromatic

#130A1E #2F1A4C #4B2A79 #673AA6 #8658C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4B2A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B2A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2A79

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2A79	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.129 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8165a0',
    500: '#4b2a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2a79;
$custom-light: #8165a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.063,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3708,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2A79

secondary

#87AB54

accent

#D8509F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2A79

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

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