#4B238D#4B238D

#4B238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.163 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B238D
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 42.49, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 66.96, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0675 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.163 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3091, 4.6208, 25.6482)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B238D #658D23

analogous

#23308D #4B238D #80238D

triadic

#4B238D #8D4B23 #238D4B

tetradic

#4B238D #8D2330 #658D23 #238D80

square

#4B238D #8D2330 #658D23 #238D80

split-complementary

#4B238D #8D8023 #308D23

monochromatic

#170B2B #31175C #4B238D #652FBE #8655D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4B238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4B238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B238D

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B238D	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.163 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462af',
    500: '#4b238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b238d;
$custom-light: #8462af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37785,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B238D

secondary

#92B953

accent

#E344A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B238D

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

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