#4B2DB9#4B2DB9

#4B2DB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.204 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2DB9
RGB	rgb(75, 45, 185)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 50.08, -68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 85.05, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.0482 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.204 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5943, 6.8746, 46.5528)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2DB9 #9BB92D

analogous

#2D55B9 #4B2DB9 #912DB9

triadic

#4B2DB9 #B94B2D #2DB94B

tetradic

#4B2DB9 #B92D55 #9BB92D #2DB991

square

#4B2DB9 #B92D55 #9BB92D #2DB991

split-complementary

#4B2DB9 #B9912D #55B92D

monochromatic

#231557 #372188 #4B2DB9 #6C4FD4 #9580E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4B2DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4B2DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2DB9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2DB9	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 45, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.204 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6acf',
    500: '#4b2db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2db9;
$custom-light: #8a6acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4319,
    "c": 0.20388,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2DB9

secondary

#B8C979

accent

#E444C2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2DB9

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

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