#4B2EA0#4B2EA0

#4B2EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.173 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2EA0
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 42.17, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 71.12, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0531 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.173 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2219, 5.9874, 33.8680)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2EA0 #83A02E

analogous

#2E4AA0 #4B2EA0 #842EA0

triadic

#4B2EA0 #A04B2E #2EA04B

tetradic

#4B2EA0 #A02E4A #83A02E #2EA084

square

#4B2EA0 #A02E4A #83A02E #2EA084

split-complementary

#4B2EA0 #A0842E #4AA02E

monochromatic

#1E1341 #352070 #4B2EA0 #6542C9 #8C72D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4B2EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4B2EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2EA0

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2EA0	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.173 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669bd',
    500: '#4b2ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ea0;
$custom-light: #8669bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.263,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40969,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2EA0

secondary

#A9BE6C

accent

#DF49B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2EA0

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

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