#4B239D#4B239D

#4B239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.181 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B239D
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 46.94, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 75.53, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0632 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.181 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5867, 5.1318, 32.3772)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B239D #759D23

analogous

#23389D #4B239D #88239D

triadic

#4B239D #9D4B23 #239D4B

tetradic

#4B239D #9D2338 #759D23 #239D88

square

#4B239D #9D2338 #759D23 #239D88

split-complementary

#4B239D #9D8823 #389D23

monochromatic

#1B0D39 #33186B #4B239D #632ECF #885FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4B239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4B239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B239D

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B239D	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.181 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bb',
    500: '#4b239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b239d;
$custom-light: #8663bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39279,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B239D

secondary

#9FC05C

accent

#E741B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B239D

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

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