#4B228B#4B228B

#4B228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.162 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B228B
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 42.43, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 66.41, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0689 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.162 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1326, 4.5038, 24.8619)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B228B #628B22

analogous

#222D8B #4B228B #80228B

triadic

#4B228B #8B4B22 #228B4B

tetradic

#4B228B #8B222D #628B22 #228B80

square

#4B228B #8B222D #628B22 #228B80

split-complementary

#4B228B #8B8022 #2D8B22

monochromatic

#160A29 #30165A #4B228B #662EBC #8553D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4B228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4B228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B228B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B228B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.162 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ae',
    500: '#4b228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b228b;
$custom-light: #8461ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3748,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B228B

secondary

#90B850

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B228B

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

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