#4B2DAD#4B2DAD

#4B2DAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.190 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2DAD
RGB	rgb(75, 45, 173)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 74%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 46.55, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 78.72, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0511 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.19 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3806, 6.3891, 40.1606)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.27

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2DAD #8FAD2D

analogous

#2D4FAD #4B2DAD #8B2DAD

triadic

#4B2DAD #AD4B2D #2DAD4B

tetradic

#4B2DAD #AD2D4F #8FAD2D #2DAD8B

square

#4B2DAD #AD2D4F #8FAD2D #2DAD8B

split-complementary

#4B2DAD #AD8B2D #4FAD2D

monochromatic

#21144C #36207C #4B2DAD #6848CF #9078DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4B2DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4B2DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2DAD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2DAD	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 45, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.190 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c7',
    500: '#4b2dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2dad;
$custom-light: #8869c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.063,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42036,
    "c": 0.18974,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2DAD

secondary

#B1C472

accent

#E246BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2DAD

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

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