#4B2CB2#4B2CB2

#4B2CB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.197 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2CB2
RGB	rgb(75, 44, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 48.53, -65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 81.91, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.0507 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.197 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8358, 6.5109, 42.7439)
Luminance	0.0651 (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

#4B2CB2 #93B22C

analogous

#2C50B2 #4B2CB2 #8E2CB2

triadic

#4B2CB2 #B24B2C #2CB24B

tetradic

#4B2CB2 #B22C50 #93B22C #2CB28E

square

#4B2CB2 #B22C50 #93B22C #2CB28E

split-complementary

#4B2CB2 #B28E2C #50B22C

monochromatic

#221450 #362081 #4B2CB2 #6949D2 #917ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4B2CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4B2CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2CB2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2CB2	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14526D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 44, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.197 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ca',
    500: '#4b2cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2cb2;
$custom-light: #8969ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.881,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42386,
    "c": 0.19669,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2CB2

secondary

#B3C673

accent

#E444BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2CB2

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

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