#4B2AAA#4B2AAA

#4B2AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.189 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AAA
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 47.21, -63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 78.76, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% 0.0542 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.189 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9831, 6.0535, 38.6121)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#4B2AAA #89AA2A

analogous

#2A49AA #4B2AAA #8B2AAA

triadic

#4B2AAA #AA4B2A #2AAA4B

tetradic

#4B2AAA #AA2A49 #89AA2A #2AAA8B

square

#4B2AAA #AA2A49 #89AA2A #2AAA8B

split-complementary

#4B2AAA #AA8B2A #49AA2A

monochromatic

#201248 #351E79 #4B2AAA #6641D0 #8E72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4B2AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4B2AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AAA

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AAA	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.189 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c4',
    500: '#4b2aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aaa;
$custom-light: #8867c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.469,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41367,
    "c": 0.18932,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AAA

secondary

#ADC36C

accent

#E444BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AAA

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

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