#4B2AA5#4B2AA5

#4B2AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.183 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AA5
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 45.76, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 76.09, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0555 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.183 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5191, 5.8679, 36.1683)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2AA5 #84A52A

analogous

#2A46A5 #4B2AA5 #882AA5

triadic

#4B2AA5 #A54B2A #2AA54B

tetradic

#4B2AA5 #A52A46 #84A52A #2AA588

square

#4B2AA5 #A52A46 #84A52A #2AA588

split-complementary

#4B2AA5 #A5882A #46A52A

monochromatic

#1F1143 #351E74 #4B2AA5 #653ECE #8C6FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4B2AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B2AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AA5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AA5	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.183 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c1',
    500: '#4b2aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aa5;
$custom-light: #8767c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40893,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AA5

secondary

#AAC169

accent

#E345B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AA5

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

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