#4B2A9E#4B2A9E

#4B2A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.175 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2A9E
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 43.73, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 72.32, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0571 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.175 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.8994, 5.6200, 32.9043)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2A9E #7D9E2A

analogous

#2A439E #4B2A9E #852A9E

triadic

#4B2A9E #9E4B2A #2A9E4B

tetradic

#4B2A9E #9E2A43 #7D9E2A #2A9E85

square

#4B2A9E #9E2A43 #7D9E2A #2A9E85

split-complementary

#4B2A9E #9E852A #439E2A

monochromatic

#1D103D #341D6E #4B2A9E #643ACB #8A6BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4B2A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4B2A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2A9E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2A9E	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.175 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bc',
    500: '#4b2a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2a9e;
$custom-light: #8667bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.069,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4024,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.0562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2A9E

secondary

#A5BE66

accent

#E147B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2A9E

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

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