#4B229A#4B229A

#4B229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.179 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B229A
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.66, 46.58, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.66, 74.45, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0648 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.179 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3048, 4.9726, 31.0351)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B229A #719A22

analogous

#22359A #4B229A #87229A

triadic

#4B229A #9A4B22 #229A4B

tetradic

#4B229A #9A2235 #719A22 #229A87

square

#4B229A #9A2235 #719A22 #229A87

split-complementary

#4B229A #9A8722 #359A22

monochromatic

#1A0C36 #331768 #4B229A #632DCC #875BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#4B229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4B229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B229A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B229A	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.179 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b9',
    500: '#4b229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b229a;
$custom-light: #8662b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38877,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B229A

secondary

#9CBF58

accent

#E741AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B229A

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

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