#4B2A8E#4B2A8E

#4B2A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.156 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2A8E
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 39.09, -50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 63.52, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0604 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.156 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6108, 5.1045, 26.1175)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2A8E #6D8E2A

analogous

#2A3B8E #4B2A8E #7D2A8E

triadic

#4B2A8E #8E4B2A #2A8E4B

tetradic

#4B2A8E #8E2A3B #6D8E2A #2A8E7D

square

#4B2A8E #8E2A3B #6D8E2A #2A8E7D

split-complementary

#4B2A8E #8E7D2A #3B8E2A

monochromatic

#190E30 #321C5F #4B2A8E #6438BD #8662D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4B2A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4B2A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2A8E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2A8E	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.156 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466b0',
    500: '#4b2a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2a8e;
$custom-light: #8466b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38809,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2A8E

secondary

#99B65D

accent

#DE4AAD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2A8E

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

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