#4B188E#4B188E

#4B188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.175 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B188E
RGB	rgb(75, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 47.68, -55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 72.81, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0762 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.175 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1095, 4.1019, 25.9504)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B188E #5B8E18

analogous

#18208E #4B188E #86188E

triadic

#4B188E #8E4B18 #188E4B

tetradic

#4B188E #8E1820 #5B8E18 #188E86

square

#4B188E #8E1820 #5B8E18 #188E86

split-complementary

#4B188E #8E8618 #208E18

monochromatic

#140625 #2F0F5A #4B188E #6721C2 #8641DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4B188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B188E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B188E	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.175 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855db0',
    500: '#4b188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b188e;
$custom-light: #855db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.932,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36681,
    "c": 0.17523,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B188E

secondary

#89C042

accent

#EE3AA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B188E

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

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