#4B2E97#4B2E97

#4B2E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.162 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2E97
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 39.50, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 66.14, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0548 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.162 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4630, 5.6838, 29.8706)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2E97 #7A972E

analogous

#2E4697 #4B2E97 #7F2E97

triadic

#4B2E97 #974B2E #2E974B

tetradic

#4B2E97 #972E46 #7A972E #2E977F

square

#4B2E97 #972E46 #7A972E #2E977F

split-complementary

#4B2E97 #977F2E #46972E

monochromatic

#1C1139 #342068 #4B2E97 #633EC4 #896DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4B2E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4B2E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2E97

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2E97	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.162 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569b6',
    500: '#4b2e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2e97;
$custom-light: #8569b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4017,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2E97

secondary

#A3BA67

accent

#DD4BB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2E97

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

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