#4B239B#4B239B

#4B239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.179 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B239B
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 46.38, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 74.47, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0637 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.179 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4174, 5.0641, 31.4853)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B239B #739B23

analogous

#23379B #4B239B #87239B

triadic

#4B239B #9B4B23 #239B4B

tetradic

#4B239B #9B2337 #739B23 #239B87

square

#4B239B #9B2337 #739B23 #239B87

split-complementary

#4B239B #9B8723 #379B23

monochromatic

#1B0C37 #331869 #4B239B #632ECD #875EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4B239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4B239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B239B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B239B	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.179 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ba',
    500: '#4b239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b239b;
$custom-light: #8663ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39088,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B239B

secondary

#9EBF5A

accent

#E642AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B239B

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

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