#4B2EAE#4B2EAE

#4B2EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.190 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2EAE
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 46.33, -63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 78.70, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0501 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.19 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5163, 6.5052, 40.6850)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.45

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2EAE #91AE2E

analogous

#2E51AE #4B2EAE #8B2EAE

triadic

#4B2EAE #AE4B2E #2EAE4B

tetradic

#4B2EAE #AE2E51 #91AE2E #2EAE8B

square

#4B2EAE #AE2E51 #91AE2E #2EAE8B

split-complementary

#4B2EAE #AE8B2E #51AE2E

monochromatic

#21144D #36217E #4B2EAE #684ACF #917ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4B2EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4B2EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2EAE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2EAE	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.190 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac7',
    500: '#4b2eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2eae;
$custom-light: #886ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.594,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42262,
    "c": 0.18988,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2EAE

secondary

#B2C474

accent

#E146BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2EAE

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

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