#4B2AAE#4B2AAE

#4B2AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.194 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AAE
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 48.37, -64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 80.87, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0532 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.194 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3673, 6.2071, 40.6353)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4B2AAE #8DAE2A

analogous

#2A4BAE #4B2AAE #8D2AAE

triadic

#4B2AAE #AE4B2A #2AAE4B

tetradic

#4B2AAE #AE2A4B #8DAE2A #2AAE8D

square

#4B2AAE #AE2A4B #8DAE2A #2AAE8D

split-complementary

#4B2AAE #AE8D2A #4BAE2A

monochromatic

#21124B #361E7D #4B2AAE #6743D2 #8F75DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4B2AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4B2AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AAE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AAE	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.194 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c7',
    500: '#4b2aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2aae;
$custom-light: #8968c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41752,
    "c": 0.19401,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AAE

secondary

#B0C56F

accent

#E444BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AAE

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

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