#4B238B#4B238B

#4B238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.161 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B238B
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 41.93, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 65.87, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0679 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.161 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.1616, 4.5618, 24.8716)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B238B #638B23

analogous

#232F8B #4B238B #7F238B

triadic

#4B238B #8B4B23 #238B4B

tetradic

#4B238B #8B232F #638B23 #238B7F

square

#4B238B #8B232F #638B23 #238B7F

split-complementary

#4B238B #8B7F23 #2F8B23

monochromatic

#160A29 #31175A #4B238B #652FBC #8554D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4B238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4B238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B238B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B238B	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.161 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ae',
    500: '#4b238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b238b;
$custom-light: #8462ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37604,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B238B

secondary

#91B852

accent

#E345A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B238B

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

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