#4B2BA2#4B2BA2

#4B2BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.179 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2BA2
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 44.37, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 73.93, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0553 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.179 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.2852, 5.8317, 34.7591)
Luminance	0.0583 (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

#4B2BA2 #82A22B

analogous

#2B47A2 #4B2BA2 #862BA2

triadic

#4B2BA2 #A24B2B #2BA24B

tetradic

#4B2BA2 #A22B47 #82A22B #2BA286

square

#4B2BA2 #A22B47 #82A22B #2BA286

split-complementary

#4B2BA2 #A2862B #47A22B

monochromatic

#1E1141 #351E72 #4B2BA2 #643ECC #8B6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4B2BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B2BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2BA2

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2BA2	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.179 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bf',
    500: '#4b2ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ba2;
$custom-light: #8768bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40742,
    "c": 0.17876,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2BA2

secondary

#A8C069

accent

#E147B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2BA2

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

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