#4B236D#4B236D

#4B236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.125 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B236D
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 33.82, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 49.20, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0729 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.125 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2624, 3.8021, 14.8690)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B236D #456D23

analogous

#26236D #4B236D #6D236A

triadic

#4B236D #6D4B23 #236D4B

tetradic

#4B236D #6D2623 #456D23 #236A6D

square

#4B236D #6D2623 #456D23 #236A6D

split-complementary

#4B236D #6A6D23 #236D26

monochromatic

#100717 #2B143F #4B236D #6B329B #8A47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4B236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B236D

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B236D	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.125 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806197',
    500: '#4b236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b236d;
$custom-light: #806197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35096,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B236D

secondary

#72A04B

accent

#DB4D8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B236D

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

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