#4B2B85#4B2B85

#4B2B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.143 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2B85
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 35.93, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 57.85, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0606 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.143 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9980, 4.9169, 22.7134)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2B85 #65852B

analogous

#2B3885 #4B2B85 #782B85

triadic

#4B2B85 #854B2B #2B854B

tetradic

#4B2B85 #852B38 #65852B #2B8578

square

#4B2B85 #852B38 #65852B #2B8578

split-complementary

#4B2B85 #85782B #38852B

monochromatic

#170D29 #311C57 #4B2B85 #653AB3 #865FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#4B2B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4B2B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2B85

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2B85	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.143 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266a9',
    500: '#4b2b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2b85;
$custom-light: #8266a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38195,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2B85

secondary

#92B15B

accent

#DB4DA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2B85

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