#4B237A#4B237A

#4B237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.140 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B237A
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 37.28, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 56.49, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0713 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.14 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0147, 4.1030, 18.8310)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B237A #527A23

analogous

#23267A #4B237A #76237A

triadic

#4B237A #7A4B23 #237A4B

tetradic

#4B237A #7A2326 #527A23 #237A76

square

#4B237A #7A2326 #527A23 #237A76

split-complementary

#4B237A #7A7623 #267A23

monochromatic

#11081B #2E154A #4B237A #6831AA #874CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4B237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4B237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B237A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B237A	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.140 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a1',
    500: '#4b237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b237a;
$custom-light: #8261a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.586,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36133,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B237A

secondary

#80AD4C

accent

#DF499A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B237A

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

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