#4B2F99#4B2F99

#4B2F99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.163 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2F99
RGB	rgb(75, 47, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 69.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 39.53, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 66.65, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0534 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.163 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6663, 5.8284, 30.7465)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2F99 #7D992F

analogous

#2F4899 #4B2F99 #802F99

triadic

#4B2F99 #994B2F #2F994B

tetradic

#4B2F99 #992F48 #7D992F #2F9980

square

#4B2F99 #992F48 #7D992F #2F9980

split-complementary

#4B2F99 #99802F #48992F

monochromatic

#1D123B #34216A #4B2F99 #6441C5 #8A6FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4B2F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B2F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2F99

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2F99	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 47, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.163 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab8',
    500: '#4b2f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2f99;
$custom-light: #856ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40491,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2F99

secondary

#A5BA69

accent

#DC4BB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2F99

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

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