#4B2AA3#4B2AA3

#4B2AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.181 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AA3
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 45.18, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 75.02, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0559 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.181 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.3385, 5.7956, 35.2171)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2AA3 #82A32A

analogous

#2A45A3 #4B2AA3 #882AA3

triadic

#4B2AA3 #A34B2A #2AA34B

tetradic

#4B2AA3 #A32A45 #82A32A #2AA388

square

#4B2AA3 #A32A45 #82A32A #2AA388

split-complementary

#4B2AA3 #A3882A #45A32A

monochromatic

#1E1142 #351D72 #4B2AA3 #643DCD #8B6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4B2AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B2AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AA3

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AA3	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.181 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767bf',
    500: '#4b2aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aa3;
$custom-light: #8767bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40705,
    "c": 0.18105,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AA3

secondary

#A8C068

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AA3

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

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