#4B2EB5#4B2EB5

#4B2EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.198 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2EB5
RGB	rgb(75, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 48.40, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 82.41, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.0485 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.198 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2166, 6.7853, 44.3730)
Luminance	0.0679 (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

#4B2EB5 #98B52E

analogous

#2E55B5 #4B2EB5 #8F2EB5

triadic

#4B2EB5 #B54B2E #2EB54B

tetradic

#4B2EB5 #B52E55 #98B52E #2EB58F

square

#4B2EB5 #B52E55 #98B52E #2EB58F

split-complementary

#4B2EB5 #B58F2E #55B52E

monochromatic

#231553 #372284 #4B2EB5 #6A4ED2 #937FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#4B2EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4B2EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2EB5

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2EB5	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.198 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896acc',
    500: '#4b2eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2eb5;
$custom-light: #896acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42928,
    "c": 0.19819,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2EB5

secondary

#B6C778

accent

#E345C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2EB5

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