#4B2EA6#4B2EA6

#4B2EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.180 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2EA6
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 43.95, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 74.39, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0519 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.18 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7595, 6.2024, 36.6992)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#4B2EA6 #89A62E

analogous

#2E4DA6 #4B2EA6 #872EA6

triadic

#4B2EA6 #A64B2E #2EA64B

tetradic

#4B2EA6 #A62E4D #89A62E #2EA687

square

#4B2EA6 #A62E4D #89A62E #2EA687

split-complementary

#4B2EA6 #A6872E #4DA62E

monochromatic

#201346 #352176 #4B2EA6 #6646CC #8E76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4B2EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4B2EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2EA6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2EA6	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.180 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769c1',
    500: '#4b2ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2ea6;
$custom-light: #8769c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41516,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2EA6

secondary

#ADC16F

accent

#E048BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2EA6

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

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