#4B2A99#4B2A99

#4B2A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.169 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2A99
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 42.27, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 69.60, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0582 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.169 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4777, 5.4513, 30.6836)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2A99 #78992A

analogous

#2A4099 #4B2A99 #822A99

triadic

#4B2A99 #994B2A #2A994B

tetradic

#4B2A99 #992A40 #78992A #2A9982

square

#4B2A99 #992A40 #78992A #2A9982

split-complementary

#4B2A99 #99822A #40992A

monochromatic

#1C1039 #331D69 #4B2A99 #6338C8 #8868D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4B2A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4B2A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2A99

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2A99	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.169 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567b8',
    500: '#4b2a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2a99;
$custom-light: #8567b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39784,
    "c": 0.16905,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2A99

secondary

#A1BC63

accent

#E048B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2A99

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

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