#4B2CA5#4B2CA5

#4B2CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.181 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CA5
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 44.72, -60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 74.98, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0538 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.181 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5918, 6.0133, 36.1926)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#4B2CA5 #86A52C

analogous

#2C49A5 #4B2CA5 #872CA5

triadic

#4B2CA5 #A54B2C #2CA54B

tetradic

#4B2CA5 #A52C49 #86A52C #2CA587

square

#4B2CA5 #A52C49 #86A52C #2CA587

split-complementary

#4B2CA5 #A5872C #49A52C

monochromatic

#1F1244 #351F75 #4B2CA5 #6542CD #8C72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#4B2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4B2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CA5

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CA5	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.181 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c1',
    500: '#4b2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ca5;
$custom-light: #8768c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.372,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41154,
    "c": 0.18125,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CA5

secondary

#ABC16C

accent

#E147BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CA5

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

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