#4B2C72#4B2C72

#4B2C72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.117 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2C72
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 114)
HSL	hsl(267, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 61.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 29.96, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 46.28, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0607 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.117 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8389, 4.5121, 16.4270)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2C72 #53722C

analogous

#2C3072 #4B2C72 #6E2C72

triadic

#4B2C72 #724B2C #2C724B

tetradic

#4B2C72 #722C30 #53722C #2C726E

square

#4B2C72 #722C30 #53722C #2C726E

split-complementary

#4B2C72 #726E2C #30722C

monochromatic

#110A1A #2E1B46 #4B2C72 #683D9E #8659BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4B2C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4B2C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2C72

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2C72	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.117 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80669b',
    500: '#4b2c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2c72;
$custom-light: #80669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36874,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2C72

secondary

#81A456

accent

#D4549B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2C72

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

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