#4B239E#4B239E

#4B239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.183 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B239E
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 47.22, -59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 76.06, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.0629 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.183 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6725, 5.1661, 32.8286)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B239E #769E23

analogous

#23389E #4B239E #88239E

triadic

#4B239E #9E4B23 #239E4B

tetradic

#4B239E #9E2338 #769E23 #239E88

square

#4B239E #9E2338 #769E23 #239E88

split-complementary

#4B239E #9E8823 #389E23

monochromatic

#1B0D3A #33186C #4B239E #632ED0 #8860DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4B239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4B239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B239E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B239E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.183 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bc',
    500: '#4b239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b239e;
$custom-light: #8663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39375,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B239E

secondary

#A0C15C

accent

#E741B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B239E

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

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