#4B228E#4B228E

#4B228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.165 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B228E
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 43.26, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 68.03, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0681 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.165 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3548, 4.5927, 26.0322)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B228E #658E22

analogous

#222F8E #4B228E #81228E

triadic

#4B228E #8E4B22 #228E4B

tetradic

#4B228E #8E222F #658E22 #228E81

square

#4B228E #8E222F #658E22 #228E81

split-complementary

#4B228E #8E8122 #2F8E22

monochromatic

#170A2B #31165D #4B228E #652EBF #8654D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4B228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4B228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B228E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B228E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.165 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b0',
    500: '#4b228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b228e;
$custom-light: #8461b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37753,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B228E

secondary

#92BA52

accent

#E443A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B228E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →