#4B229B#4B229B

#4B229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.180 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B229B
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 46.85, -58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 74.97, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0645 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.18 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.3884, 5.0061, 31.4756)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B229B #729B22

analogous

#22359B #4B229B #88229B

triadic

#4B229B #9B4B22 #229B4B

tetradic

#4B229B #9B2235 #729B22 #229B88

square

#4B229B #9B2235 #729B22 #229B88

split-complementary

#4B229B #9B8822 #359B22

monochromatic

#1A0C37 #331769 #4B229B #632DCD #875CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4B229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4B229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B229B

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B229B	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.180 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ba',
    500: '#4b229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b229b;
$custom-light: #8662ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.331,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38973,
    "c": 0.18011,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B229B

secondary

#9DC059

accent

#E741AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B229B

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

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