#4B2CAE#4B2CAE

#4B2CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.192 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CAE
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 47.36, -64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 79.80, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.0517 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.192 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4400, 6.3525, 40.6595)
Luminance	0.0635 (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

#4B2CAE #8FAE2C

analogous

#2C4EAE #4B2CAE #8C2CAE

triadic

#4B2CAE #AE4B2C #2CAE4B

tetradic

#4B2CAE #AE2C4E #8FAE2C #2CAE8C

square

#4B2CAE #AE2C4E #8FAE2C #2CAE8C

split-complementary

#4B2CAE #AE8C2C #4EAE2C

monochromatic

#21134C #36207D #4B2CAE #6847D0 #9078DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4B2CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4B2CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CAE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CAE	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.192 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c7',
    500: '#4b2cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2cae;
$custom-light: #8869c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42002,
    "c": 0.19197,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CAE

secondary

#B1C571

accent

#E345BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CAE

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

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