#4B2CAA#4B2CAA

#4B2CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.187 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CAA
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 46.19, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 77.67, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0526 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.187 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0559, 6.1989, 38.6364)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#4B2CAA #8BAA2C

analogous

#2C4CAA #4B2CAA #8A2CAA

triadic

#4B2CAA #AA4B2C #2CAA4B

tetradic

#4B2CAA #AA2C4C #8BAA2C #2CAA8A

square

#4B2CAA #AA2C4C #8BAA2C #2CAA8A

split-complementary

#4B2CAA #AA8A2C #4CAA2C

monochromatic

#201349 #361F79 #4B2CAA #6644CF #8E75DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4B2CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4B2CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CAA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CAA	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.187 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c4',
    500: '#4b2caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2caa;
$custom-light: #8868c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.762,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41622,
    "c": 0.18723,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CAA

secondary

#AEC36F

accent

#E246BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CAA

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

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