#4B238F#4B238F

#4B238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.165 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B238F
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 43.04, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 68.04, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.067 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.165 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4592, 4.6808, 26.4391)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B238F #678F23

analogous

#23318F #4B238F #81238F

triadic

#4B238F #8F4B23 #238F4B

tetradic

#4B238F #8F2331 #678F23 #238F81

square

#4B238F #8F2331 #678F23 #238F81

split-complementary

#4B238F #8F8123 #318F23

monochromatic

#170B2D #31175E #4B238F #652FC0 #8657D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4B238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4B238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B238F

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B238F	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.165 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462b1',
    500: '#4b238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b238f;
$custom-light: #8462b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37967,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B238F

secondary

#94BA54

accent

#E444A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B238F

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

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