#4B237E#4B237E

#4B237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.145 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B237E
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 38.36, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 58.72, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0707 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.145 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2676, 4.2042, 20.1632)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B237E #567E23

analogous

#23287E #4B237E #79237E

triadic

#4B237E #7E4B23 #237E4B

tetradic

#4B237E #7E2328 #567E23 #237E79

square

#4B237E #7E2328 #567E23 #237E79

split-complementary

#4B237E #7E7923 #287E23

monochromatic

#12081E #2E164E #4B237E #6830AE #864ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4B237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B237E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B237E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.145 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a4',
    500: '#4b237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b237e;
$custom-light: #8261a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36468,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B237E

secondary

#84B04C

accent

#E0489D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B237E

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

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