#4B228C#4B228C

#4B228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.163 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B228C
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 42.71, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 66.95, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0686 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.163 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2060, 4.5331, 25.2485)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B228C #638C22

analogous

#222E8C #4B228C #80228C

triadic

#4B228C #8C4B22 #228C4B

tetradic

#4B228C #8C222E #638C22 #228C80

square

#4B228C #8C222E #638C22 #228C80

split-complementary

#4B228C #8C8022 #2E8C22

monochromatic

#160A2A #31165B #4B228C #652EBD #8553D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4B228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B228C

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B228C	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.163 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461af',
    500: '#4b228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b228c;
$custom-light: #8461af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3757,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B228C

secondary

#91B951

accent

#E444A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B228C

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

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