#4B2D9F#4B2D9F

#4B2D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.173 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2D9F
RGB	rgb(75, 45, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 42.42, -57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 71.15, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0542 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.173 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0962, 5.8754, 33.3962)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2D9F #819F2D

analogous

#2D489F #4B2D9F #842D9F

triadic

#4B2D9F #9F4B2D #2D9F4B

tetradic

#4B2D9F #9F2D48 #819F2D #2D9F84

square

#4B2D9F #9F2D48 #819F2D #2D9F84

split-complementary

#4B2D9F #9F842D #489F2D

monochromatic

#1E1240 #34206F #4B2D9F #6440C9 #8B70D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4B2D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4B2D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2D9F

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2D9F	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 45, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.173 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669bc',
    500: '#4b2d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2d9f;
$custom-light: #8669bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40739,
    "c": 0.17284,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2D9F

secondary

#A8BE6A

accent

#DF49B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2D9F

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

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