#4B2BAB#4B2BAB

#4B2BAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.189 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2BAB
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 171)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 74.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 47.00, -63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 78.75, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0532 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.189 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1140, 6.1633, 39.1242)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#4B2BAB #8BAB2B

analogous

#2B4BAB #4B2BAB #8B2BAB

triadic

#4B2BAB #AB4B2B #2BAB4B

tetradic

#4B2BAB #AB2B4B #8BAB2B #2BAB8B

square

#4B2BAB #AB2B4B #8BAB2B #2BAB8B

split-complementary

#4B2BAB #AB8B2B #4BAB2B

monochromatic

#201249 #361F7A #4B2BAB #6643D0 #8E74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4B2BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4B2BAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2BAB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2BAB	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.189 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c5',
    500: '#4b2bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2bab;
$custom-light: #8868c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41589,
    "c": 0.18947,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2BAB

secondary

#AEC46E

accent

#E345BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2BAB

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

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