#4B2D9D#4B2D9D

#4B2D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.170 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2D9D
RGB	rgb(75, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 41.83, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 70.06, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0546 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.17 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9241, 5.8065, 32.4896)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2D9D #7F9D2D

analogous

#2D479D #4B2D9D #832D9D

triadic

#4B2D9D #9D4B2D #2D9D4B

tetradic

#4B2D9D #9D2D47 #7F9D2D #2D9D83

square

#4B2D9D #9D2D47 #7F9D2D #2D9D83

split-complementary

#4B2D9D #9D832D #479D2D

monochromatic

#1E123E #341F6D #4B2D9D #643FC8 #8A6FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4B2D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B2D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2D9D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2D9D	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.170 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669bb',
    500: '#4b2d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2d9d;
$custom-light: #8669bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40558,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2D9D

secondary

#A6BD69

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2D9D

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

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