#4B236E#4B236E

#4B236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.126 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B236E
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 34.08, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 49.77, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0728 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.126 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3165, 3.8238, 15.1541)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B236E #466E23

analogous

#25236E #4B236E #6E236B

triadic

#4B236E #6E4B23 #236E4B

tetradic

#4B236E #6E2523 #466E23 #236B6E

square

#4B236E #6E2523 #466E23 #236B6E

split-complementary

#4B236E #6B6E23 #236E25

monochromatic

#100717 #2B1440 #4B236E #6B329C #8A47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4B236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4B236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B236E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B236E	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.126 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806198',
    500: '#4b236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b236e;
$custom-light: #806198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35173,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B236E

secondary

#74A14C

accent

#DB4D8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B236E

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

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