#4B2AAD#4B2AAD

#4B2AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.193 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AAD
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 48.08, -64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 80.34, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0534 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.193 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2702, 6.1683, 40.1238)
Luminance	0.0617 (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

#4B2AAD #8CAD2A

analogous

#2A4AAD #4B2AAD #8D2AAD

triadic

#4B2AAD #AD4B2A #2AAD4B

tetradic

#4B2AAD #AD2A4A #8CAD2A #2AAD8D

square

#4B2AAD #AD2A4A #8CAD2A #2AAD8D

split-complementary

#4B2AAD #AD8D2A #4AAD2A

monochromatic

#20124B #361E7C #4B2AAD #6743D1 #8F74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4B2AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4B2AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AAD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AAD	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.193 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c7',
    500: '#4b2aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aad;
$custom-light: #8867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.115,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41655,
    "c": 0.19285,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AAD

secondary

#AFC56E

accent

#E444BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AAD

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

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