#4B229D#4B229D

#4B229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.182 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B229D
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 47.41, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 76.03, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0639 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.182 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5577, 5.0738, 32.3675)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B229D #749D22

analogous

#22369D #4B229D #89229D

triadic

#4B229D #9D4B22 #229D4B

tetradic

#4B229D #9D2236 #749D22 #229D89

square

#4B229D #9D2236 #749D22 #229D89

split-complementary

#4B229D #9D8922 #369D22

monochromatic

#1B0C38 #33176B #4B229D #632DCF #885DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4B229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4B229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B229D

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B229D	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.182 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662bb',
    500: '#4b229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b229d;
$custom-light: #8662bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39165,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B229D

secondary

#9EC15A

accent

#E740B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B229D

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

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