#4B2BA3#4B2BA3

#4B2BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.180 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2BA3
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 44.66, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 74.47, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.0551 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.18 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3744, 5.8674, 35.2291)
Luminance	0.0587 (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

#4B2BA3 #83A32B

analogous

#2B47A3 #4B2BA3 #872BA3

triadic

#4B2BA3 #A34B2B #2BA34B

tetradic

#4B2BA3 #A32B47 #83A32B #2BA387

square

#4B2BA3 #A32B47 #83A32B #2BA387

split-complementary

#4B2BA3 #A3872B #47A32B

monochromatic

#1E1142 #351E73 #4B2BA3 #653FCC #8C6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4B2BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B2BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2BA3

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2BA3	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.180 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bf',
    500: '#4b2ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ba3;
$custom-light: #8768bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40835,
    "c": 0.17996,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2BA3

secondary

#A9C06A

accent

#E146B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2BA3

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

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