#4B236A#4B236A

#4B236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.121 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B236A
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 33.04, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 47.52, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0731 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.121 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1037, 3.7386, 14.0330)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B236A #426A23

analogous

#27236A #4B236A #6A2365

triadic

#4B236A #6A4B23 #236A4B

tetradic

#4B236A #6A2723 #426A23 #23656A

square

#4B236A #6A2723 #426A23 #23656A

split-complementary

#4B236A #656A23 #236A27

monochromatic

#100817 #2A143C #4B236A #6C3298 #8C46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4B236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4B236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B236A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B236A	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.121 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806195',
    500: '#4b236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b236a;
$custom-light: #806195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34868,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B236A

secondary

#6F9D4B

accent

#DA4E8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B236A

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

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