#4B229E#4B229E

#4B229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.184 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B229E
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 47.68, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 76.55, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0636 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.184 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6435, 5.1081, 32.8190)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B229E #759E22

analogous

#22379E #4B229E #89229E

triadic

#4B229E #9E4B22 #229E4B

tetradic

#4B229E #9E2237 #759E22 #229E89

square

#4B229E #9E2237 #759E22 #229E89

split-complementary

#4B229E #9E8922 #379E22

monochromatic

#1B0C39 #33176C #4B229E #632DD0 #885EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4B229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4B229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B229E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B229E	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.184 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762bc',
    500: '#4b229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b229e;
$custom-light: #8762bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39262,
    "c": 0.18352,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B229E

secondary

#9FC15B

accent

#E840B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B229E

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

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