#4B2AB3#4B2AB3

#4B2AB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.200 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2AB3
RGB	rgb(75, 42, 179)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 76.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 49.82, -67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 83.49, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.0518 -0.193)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.2 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.8638, 6.4057, 43.2504)
Luminance	0.0641 (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

#4B2AB3 #92B32A

analogous

#2A4DB3 #4B2AB3 #8F2AB3

triadic

#4B2AB3 #B34B2A #2AB34B

tetradic

#4B2AB3 #B32A4D #92B32A #2AB38F

square

#4B2AB3 #B32A4D #92B32A #2AB38F

split-complementary

#4B2AB3 #B38F2A #4DB32A

monochromatic

#211350 #361E81 #4B2AB3 #6946D4 #9178DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4B2AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4B2AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2AB3

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2AB3	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 42, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.200 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968cb',
    500: '#4b2ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ab3;
$custom-light: #8968cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.453,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42238,
    "c": 0.19983,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2AB3

secondary

#B3C772

accent

#E543BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2AB3

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

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