#4B2E95#4B2E95

#4B2E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.159 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2E95
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 38.90, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 65.03, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0551 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.159 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3019, 5.6194, 29.0225)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2E95 #78952E

analogous

#2E4495 #4B2E95 #7E2E95

triadic

#4B2E95 #954B2E #2E954B

tetradic

#4B2E95 #952E44 #78952E #2E957E

square

#4B2E95 #952E44 #78952E #2E957E

split-complementary

#4B2E95 #957E2E #44952E

monochromatic

#1C1137 #332066 #4B2E95 #633DC3 #886CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4B2E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4B2E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2E95

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2E95	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.159 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469b5',
    500: '#4b2e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2e95;
$custom-light: #8469b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.893,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39996,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2E95

secondary

#A1B966

accent

#DC4CB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2E95

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