#4B2CA2#4B2CA2

#4B2CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.178 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CA2
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, 43.84, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 73.36, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0545 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.178 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3220, 5.9053, 34.7714)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2CA2 #83A22C

analogous

#2C48A2 #4B2CA2 #862CA2

triadic

#4B2CA2 #A24B2C #2CA24B

tetradic

#4B2CA2 #A22C48 #83A22C #2CA286

square

#4B2CA2 #A22C48 #83A22C #2CA286

split-complementary

#4B2CA2 #A2862C #48A22C

monochromatic

#1E1242 #351F72 #4B2CA2 #6540CB #8C70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4B2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4B2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CA2

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CA2	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.178 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668bf',
    500: '#4b2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ca2;
$custom-light: #8668bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40876,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CA2

secondary

#A9BF6A

accent

#E147B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CA2

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

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