#4B2CA0#4B2CA0

#4B2CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.175 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CA0
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.99, 43.25, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.99, 72.28, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0549 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.175 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1456, 5.8348, 33.8425)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2CA0 #81A02C

analogous

#2C47A0 #4B2CA0 #852CA0

triadic

#4B2CA0 #A04B2C #2CA04B

tetradic

#4B2CA0 #A02C47 #81A02C #2CA085

square

#4B2CA0 #A02C47 #81A02C #2CA085

split-complementary

#4B2CA0 #A0852C #47A02C

monochromatic

#1E1240 #341F70 #4B2CA0 #643FCA #8B6FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4B2CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B2CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CA0

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CA0	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.175 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668bd',
    500: '#4b2ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ca0;
$custom-light: #8668bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.034,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40692,
    "c": 0.17522,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CA0

secondary

#A8BF69

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CA0

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