#4B228F#4B228F

#4B228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.166 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B228F
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 43.53, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 68.57, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0679 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.166 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4302, 4.6228, 26.4294)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B228F #668F22

analogous

#222F8F #4B228F #82228F

triadic

#4B228F #8F4B22 #228F4B

tetradic

#4B228F #8F222F #668F22 #228F82

square

#4B228F #8F222F #668F22 #228F82

split-complementary

#4B228F #8F8222 #2F8F22

monochromatic

#170A2C #31165E #4B228F #652EC0 #8655D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4B228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4B228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B228F

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B228F	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.166 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462b1',
    500: '#4b228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b228f;
$custom-light: #8462b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37845,
    "c": 0.16635,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B228F

secondary

#93BA52

accent

#E543A8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B228F

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

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