#4B2BAE#4B2BAE

#4B2BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.193 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2BAE
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, 47.87, -64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 80.34, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0524 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.193 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4032, 6.2789, 40.6473)
Luminance	0.0628 (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

#4B2BAE #8EAE2B

analogous

#2B4DAE #4B2BAE #8C2BAE

triadic

#4B2BAE #AE4B2B #2BAE4B

tetradic

#4B2BAE #AE2B4D #8EAE2B #2BAE8C

square

#4B2BAE #AE2B4D #8EAE2B #2BAE8C

split-complementary

#4B2BAE #AE8C2B #4DAE2B

monochromatic

#21134C #361F7D #4B2BAE #6745D1 #8F76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4B2BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4B2BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2BAE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2BAE	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.193 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c7',
    500: '#4b2bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2bae;
$custom-light: #8868c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.656,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41876,
    "c": 0.193,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2BAE

secondary

#B0C570

accent

#E444BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2BAE

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

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