#4B2CB1#4B2CB1

#4B2CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.196 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CB1
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 48.24, -65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 81.38, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0509 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.196 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7357, 6.4708, 42.2170)
Luminance	0.0647 (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

#4B2CB1 #92B12C

analogous

#2C4FB1 #4B2CB1 #8D2CB1

triadic

#4B2CB1 #B14B2C #2CB14B

tetradic

#4B2CB1 #B12C4F #92B12C #2CB18D

square

#4B2CB1 #B12C4F #92B12C #2CB18D

split-complementary

#4B2CB1 #B18D2C #4FB12C

monochromatic

#21144F #362080 #4B2CB1 #6949D2 #917ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4B2CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4B2CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CB1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CB1	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.196 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c9',
    500: '#4b2cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2cb1;
$custom-light: #8969c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.985,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4229,
    "c": 0.19551,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CB1

secondary

#B3C673

accent

#E344BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CB1

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

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