#4B237F#4B237F

#4B237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.146 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B237F
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 38.63, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 59.27, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0705 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.146 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3325, 4.2301, 20.5047)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B237F #577F23

analogous

#23297F #4B237F #79237F

triadic

#4B237F #7F4B23 #237F4B

tetradic

#4B237F #7F2329 #577F23 #237F79

square

#4B237F #7F2329 #577F23 #237F79

split-complementary

#4B237F #7F7923 #297F23

monochromatic

#12091F #2F164F #4B237F #6730AF #864ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4B237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4B237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B237F

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B237F	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.146 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a5',
    500: '#4b237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b237f;
$custom-light: #8261a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36553,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B237F

secondary

#85B14C

accent

#E0489E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B237F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →