#4B228D#4B228D

#4B228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.164 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B228D
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 42.98, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 67.49, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0684 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.164 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2801, 4.5628, 25.6386)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B228D #648D22

analogous

#222E8D #4B228D #81228D

triadic

#4B228D #8D4B22 #228D4B

tetradic

#4B228D #8D222E #648D22 #228D81

square

#4B228D #8D222E #648D22 #228D81

split-complementary

#4B228D #8D8122 #2E8D22

monochromatic

#170A2A #31165C #4B228D #652EBE #8654D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4B228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B228D

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B228D	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.164 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461af',
    500: '#4b228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b228d;
$custom-light: #8461af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37661,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B228D

secondary

#92B951

accent

#E444A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B228D

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

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