#4B2A8A#4B2A8A

#4B2A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.151 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2A8A
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 37.93, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 61.29, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.061 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.151 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3158, 4.9865, 24.5642)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2A8A #698A2A

analogous

#2A398A #4B2A8A #7B2A8A

triadic

#4B2A8A #8A4B2A #2A8A4B

tetradic

#4B2A8A #8A2A39 #698A2A #2A8A7B

square

#4B2A8A #8A2A39 #698A2A #2A8A7B

split-complementary

#4B2A8A #8A7B2A #398A2A

monochromatic

#180D2C #311C5B #4B2A8A #6438B9 #8660CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4B2A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4B2A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2A8A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2A8A	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.151 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366ad',
    500: '#4b2a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2a8a;
$custom-light: #8366ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38466,
    "c": 0.15062,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2A8A

secondary

#96B45B

accent

#DD4BAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2A8A

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

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