#4B2AA9#4B2AA9

#4B2AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.188 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AA9
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 46.92, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 78.22, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.0545 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.188 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8889, 6.0158, 38.1158)
Luminance	0.0602 (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

#4B2AA9 #88A92A

analogous

#2A48A9 #4B2AA9 #8B2AA9

triadic

#4B2AA9 #A94B2A #2AA94B

tetradic

#4B2AA9 #A92A48 #88A92A #2AA98B

square

#4B2AA9 #A92A48 #88A92A #2AA98B

split-complementary

#4B2AA9 #A98B2A #48A92A

monochromatic

#1F1247 #351E78 #4B2AA9 #6641D0 #8D72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#4B2AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4B2AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AA9

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AA9	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.188 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c4',
    500: '#4b2aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aa9;
$custom-light: #8867c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.591,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41272,
    "c": 0.18815,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AA9

secondary

#ACC36C

accent

#E344BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AA9

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

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