#4B2AA2#4B2AA2

#4B2AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AA2
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 44.89, -59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 74.48, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0562 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.18 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2493, 5.7599, 34.7471)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2AA2 #81A22A

analogous

#2A45A2 #4B2AA2 #872AA2

triadic

#4B2AA2 #A24B2A #2AA24B

tetradic

#4B2AA2 #A22A45 #81A22A #2AA287

square

#4B2AA2 #A22A45 #81A22A #2AA287

split-complementary

#4B2AA2 #A2872A #45A22A

monochromatic

#1E1141 #341D71 #4B2AA2 #643DCD #8B6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4B2AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4B2AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AA2

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AA2	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767bf',
    500: '#4b2aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aa2;
$custom-light: #8767bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40611,
    "c": 0.17986,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AA2

secondary

#A8C068

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AA2

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

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