#4B238C#4B238C

#4B238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.162 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B238C
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 42.21, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 66.41, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0677 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.162 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2350, 4.5911, 25.2582)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B238C #648C23

analogous

#23308C #4B238C #80238C

triadic

#4B238C #8C4B23 #238C4B

tetradic

#4B238C #8C2330 #648C23 #238C80

square

#4B238C #8C2330 #648C23 #238C80

split-complementary

#4B238C #8C8023 #308C23

monochromatic

#170B2A #31175B #4B238C #652FBD #8655D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4B238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4B238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B238C

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B238C	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.162 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ae',
    500: '#4b238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b238c;
$custom-light: #8462ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37694,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B238C

secondary

#92B852

accent

#E345A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B238C

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

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