#4B228A#4B228A

#4B228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.161 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B228A
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 42.16, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 65.87, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0691 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.161 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0599, 4.4747, 24.4789)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B228A #618A22

analogous

#222D8A #4B228A #7F228A

triadic

#4B228A #8A4B22 #228A4B

tetradic

#4B228A #8A222D #618A22 #228A7F

square

#4B228A #8A222D #618A22 #228A7F

split-complementary

#4B228A #8A7F22 #2D8A22

monochromatic

#160A28 #301659 #4B228A #662EBB #8552D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#4B228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4B228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B228A

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B228A	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.161 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ad',
    500: '#4b228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b228a;
$custom-light: #8461ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37389,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B228A

secondary

#8FB850

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B228A

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

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