#4B2BB2#4B2BB2

#4B2BB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.198 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2BB2
RGB	rgb(75, 43, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 49.04, -66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 82.44, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0514 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.198 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7990, 6.4372, 42.7316)
Luminance	0.0644 (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

#4B2BB2 #92B22B

analogous

#2B4EB2 #4B2BB2 #8E2BB2

triadic

#4B2BB2 #B24B2B #2BB24B

tetradic

#4B2BB2 #B22B4E #92B22B #2BB28E

square

#4B2BB2 #B22B4E #92B22B #2BB28E

split-complementary

#4B2BB2 #B28E2B #4EB22B

monochromatic

#21134F #361F81 #4B2BB2 #6948D3 #9179DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4B2BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4B2BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2BB2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2BB2	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 43, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.198 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ca',
    500: '#4b2bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2bb2;
$custom-light: #8968ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.222,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42262,
    "c": 0.19768,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2BB2

secondary

#B3C772

accent

#E444BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2BB2

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

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