#4B2D99#4B2D99

#4B2D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.165 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2D99
RGB	rgb(75, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 40.65, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 67.85, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0554 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.165 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5881, 5.6721, 30.7204)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2D99 #7B992D

analogous

#2D4599 #4B2D99 #812D99

triadic

#4B2D99 #994B2D #2D994B

tetradic

#4B2D99 #992D45 #7B992D #2D9981

square

#4B2D99 #992D45 #7B992D #2D9981

split-complementary

#4B2D99 #99812D #45992D

monochromatic

#1D113A #341F6A #4B2D99 #633DC6 #896CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4B2D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B2D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2D99

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2D99	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.165 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568b8',
    500: '#4b2d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2d99;
$custom-light: #8568b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40201,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2D99

secondary

#A4BB67

accent

#DE4AB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2D99

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

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