#4B2DAE#4B2DAE

#4B2DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.191 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2DAE
RGB	rgb(75, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 46.85, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 79.25, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.0509 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.191 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4777, 6.4279, 40.6721)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.26

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2DAE #90AE2D

analogous

#2D50AE #4B2DAE #8B2DAE

triadic

#4B2DAE #AE4B2D #2DAE4B

tetradic

#4B2DAE #AE2D50 #90AE2D #2DAE8B

square

#4B2DAE #AE2D50 #90AE2D #2DAE8B

split-complementary

#4B2DAE #AE8B2D #50AE2D

monochromatic

#21144D #36207D #4B2DAE #6848D0 #9079DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4B2DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4B2DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2DAE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2DAE	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.191 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c7',
    500: '#4b2dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2dae;
$custom-light: #8869c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42131,
    "c": 0.19093,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2DAE

secondary

#B1C472

accent

#E246BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2DAE

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

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