#4B236F#4B236F

#4B236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.127 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B236F
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 34.34, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 50.33, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0727 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.127 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3713, 3.8457, 15.4425)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B236F #476F23

analogous

#25236F #4B236F #6F236D

triadic

#4B236F #6F4B23 #236F4B

tetradic

#4B236F #6F2523 #476F23 #236D6F

square

#4B236F #6F2523 #476F23 #236D6F

split-complementary

#4B236F #6D6F23 #236F25

monochromatic

#100717 #2C1440 #4B236F #6A329E #8A47C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4B236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4B236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B236F

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B236F	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D376D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.127 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816199',
    500: '#4b236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b236f;
$custom-light: #816199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3525,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B236F

secondary

#75A24C

accent

#DB4C90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B236F

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

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