#4B2383#4B2383

#4B2383 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.151 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2383
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 39.73, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 61.48, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0697 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.151 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5984, 4.3365, 21.9050)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2383 #5B8323

analogous

#232B83 #4B2383 #7B2383

triadic

#4B2383 #834B23 #23834B

tetradic

#4B2383 #83232B #5B8323 #23837B

square

#4B2383 #83232B #5B8323 #23837B

split-complementary

#4B2383 #837B23 #2B8323

monochromatic

#140922 #2F1653 #4B2383 #6730B3 #8650D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4B2383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4B2383 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2383

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2383	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.151 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a8',
    500: '#4b2383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2383;
$custom-light: #8362a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36897,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2383

secondary

#89B44E

accent

#E147A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2383

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

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