#4B2C99#4B2C99

#4B2C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.167 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2C99
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 41.20, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 68.44, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0564 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.167 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5504, 5.5967, 30.7079)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2C99 #7A992C

analogous

#2C4399 #4B2C99 #812C99

triadic

#4B2C99 #994B2C #2C994B

tetradic

#4B2C99 #992C43 #7A992C #2C9981

square

#4B2C99 #992C43 #7A992C #2C9981

split-complementary

#4B2C99 #99812C #43992C

monochromatic

#1C113A #341E69 #4B2C99 #633BC7 #896BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4B2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4B2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2C99

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2C99	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.167 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568b8',
    500: '#4b2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2c99;
$custom-light: #8568b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.064,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4006,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2C99

secondary

#A3BB66

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2C99

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

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