#4B238E#4B238E

#4B238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.164 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B238E
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 42.76, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 67.50, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0672 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.164 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3838, 4.6507, 26.0419)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B238E #668E23

analogous

#23308E #4B238E #81238E

triadic

#4B238E #8E4B23 #238E4B

tetradic

#4B238E #8E2330 #668E23 #238E81

square

#4B238E #8E2330 #668E23 #238E81

split-complementary

#4B238E #8E8123 #308E23

monochromatic

#170B2C #31175D #4B238E #652FBF #8656D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4B238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4B238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B238E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B238E	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.164 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462b0',
    500: '#4b238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b238e;
$custom-light: #8462b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.43,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37875,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B238E

secondary

#93B953

accent

#E444A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B238E

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

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