#4B2AA8#4B2AA8

#4B2AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.187 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AA8
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, 46.63, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 77.69, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0547 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.187 287)
XYZ	xyz(10.7954, 5.9784, 37.6233)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2AA8 #87A82A

analogous

#2A48A8 #4B2AA8 #8A2AA8

triadic

#4B2AA8 #A84B2A #2AA84B

tetradic

#4B2AA8 #A82A48 #87A82A #2AA88A

square

#4B2AA8 #A82A48 #87A82A #2AA88A

split-complementary

#4B2AA8 #A88A2A #48A82A

monochromatic

#1F1246 #351E77 #4B2AA8 #6540CF #8D71DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4B2AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4B2AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AA8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AA8	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.187 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c3',
    500: '#4b2aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aa8;
$custom-light: #8867c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41176,
    "c": 0.18697,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.05979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AA8

secondary

#ACC36B

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AA8

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

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