#4B229C#4B229C

#4B229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.181 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B229C
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 47.13, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 75.50, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0642 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.181 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4727, 5.0398, 31.9197)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B229C #739C22

analogous

#22369C #4B229C #88229C

triadic

#4B229C #9C4B22 #229C4B

tetradic

#4B229C #9C2236 #739C22 #229C88

square

#4B229C #9C2236 #739C22 #229C88

split-complementary

#4B229C #9C8822 #369C22

monochromatic

#1B0C38 #33176A #4B229C #632DCE #875DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#4B229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4B229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B229C

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B229C	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.181 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ba',
    500: '#4b229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b229c;
$custom-light: #8662ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.164,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39069,
    "c": 0.18125,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B229C

secondary

#9EC05A

accent

#E741AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B229C

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

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