#4B2C97#4B2C97

#4B2C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.164 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2C97
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 40.61, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 67.34, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0567 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.164 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3866, 5.5312, 29.8452)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2C97 #78972C

analogous

#2C4297 #4B2C97 #802C97

triadic

#4B2C97 #974B2C #2C974B

tetradic

#4B2C97 #972C42 #78972C #2C9780

square

#4B2C97 #972C42 #78972C #2C9780

split-complementary

#4B2C97 #97802C #42972C

monochromatic

#1C1038 #331E68 #4B2C97 #633AC6 #886AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4B2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4B2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2C97

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2C97	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.164 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568b6',
    500: '#4b2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2c97;
$custom-light: #8568b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.383,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39882,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2C97

secondary

#A1BA65

accent

#DE4AB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2C97

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

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