#4B237B#4B237B

#4B237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.142 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B237B
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 37.55, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 57.05, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0712 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.142 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0770, 4.1279, 19.1590)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B237B #537B23

analogous

#23277B #4B237B #77237B

triadic

#4B237B #7B4B23 #237B4B

tetradic

#4B237B #7B2327 #537B23 #237B77

square

#4B237B #7B2327 #537B23 #237B77

split-complementary

#4B237B #7B7723 #277B23

monochromatic

#11081C #2E154B #4B237B #6831AB #864CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4B237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4B237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B237B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B237B	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.142 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a2',
    500: '#4b237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b237b;
$custom-light: #8261a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36216,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B237B

secondary

#81AE4C

accent

#DF499B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B237B

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

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