#4B2CA1#4B2CA1

#4B2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.176 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CA1
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 43.55, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 72.82, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0547 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.176 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.2335, 5.8699, 34.3051)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2CA1 #82A12C

analogous

#2C48A1 #4B2CA1 #852CA1

triadic

#4B2CA1 #A14B2C #2CA14B

tetradic

#4B2CA1 #A12C48 #82A12C #2CA185

square

#4B2CA1 #A12C48 #82A12C #2CA185

split-complementary

#4B2CA1 #A1852C #48A12C

monochromatic

#1E1241 #351F71 #4B2CA1 #6440CB #8B70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4B2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CA1

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CA1	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.176 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668be',
    500: '#4b2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ca1;
$custom-light: #8668be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.897,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40784,
    "c": 0.17642,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CA1

secondary

#A8BF6A

accent

#E047B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CA1

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

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