#4B2B9D#4B2B9D

#4B2B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.173 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2B9D
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 42.91, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 71.21, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0565 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.173 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8496, 5.6575, 32.4648)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2B9D #7D9D2B

analogous

#2B449D #4B2B9D #842B9D

triadic

#4B2B9D #9D4B2B #2B9D4B

tetradic

#4B2B9D #9D2B44 #7D9D2B #2B9D84

square

#4B2B9D #9D2B44 #7D9D2B #2B9D84

split-complementary

#4B2B9D #9D842B #449D2B

monochromatic

#1D113D #341E6D #4B2B9D #643CCA #8A6CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4B2B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B2B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2B9D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2B9D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.173 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bb',
    500: '#4b2b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2b9d;
$custom-light: #8667bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.842,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40283,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2B9D

secondary

#A5BD66

accent

#E048B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2B9D

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

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