#4B2AA1#4B2AA1

#4B2AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.179 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AA1
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 44.60, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 73.94, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0564 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.179 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1608, 5.7245, 34.2809)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2AA1 #80A12A

analogous

#2A44A1 #4B2AA1 #872AA1

triadic

#4B2AA1 #A14B2A #2AA14B

tetradic

#4B2AA1 #A12A44 #80A12A #2AA187

square

#4B2AA1 #A12A44 #80A12A #2AA187

split-complementary

#4B2AA1 #A1872A #44A12A

monochromatic

#1E1140 #341D70 #4B2AA1 #643CCC #8B6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4B2AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4B2AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AA1

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AA1	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.179 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667be',
    500: '#4b2aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aa1;
$custom-light: #8667be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.639,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40518,
    "c": 0.17867,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AA1

secondary

#A7C067

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AA1

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

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