#4B2EA5#4B2EA5

#4B2EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.179 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2EA5
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 43.66, -59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 73.85, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0521 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.179 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6682, 6.1659, 36.2180)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2EA5 #88A52E

analogous

#2E4DA5 #4B2EA5 #872EA5

triadic

#4B2EA5 #A54B2E #2EA54B

tetradic

#4B2EA5 #A52E4D #88A52E #2EA587

square

#4B2EA5 #A52E4D #88A52E #2EA587

split-complementary

#4B2EA5 #A5872E #4DA52E

monochromatic

#1F1345 #352175 #4B2EA5 #6645CB #8D75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4B2EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4B2EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2EA5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2EA5	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.179 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769c1',
    500: '#4b2ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ea5;
$custom-light: #8769c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41424,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2EA5

secondary

#ACC06F

accent

#E048BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2EA5

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

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