#4B2CA9#4B2CA9

#4B2CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.186 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CA9
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 45.90, -61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 77.13, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.0529 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.186 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9616, 6.1612, 38.1401)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#4B2CA9 #8AA92C

analogous

#2C4CA9 #4B2CA9 #8A2CA9

triadic

#4B2CA9 #A94B2C #2CA94B

tetradic

#4B2CA9 #A92C4C #8AA92C #2CA98A

square

#4B2CA9 #A92C4C #8AA92C #2CA98A

split-complementary

#4B2CA9 #A98A2C #4CA92C

monochromatic

#201348 #351F78 #4B2CA9 #6644CE #8E74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4B2CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4B2CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CA9

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CA9	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.186 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c4',
    500: '#4b2ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ca9;
$custom-light: #8868c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.88,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41528,
    "c": 0.18604,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CA9

secondary

#AEC36E

accent

#E246BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CA9

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

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