#4B248B#4B248B

#4B248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.159 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B248B
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 41.43, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 65.32, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.067 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.159 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1915, 4.6215, 24.8815)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B248B #648B24

analogous

#24318B #4B248B #7F248B

triadic

#4B248B #8B4B24 #248B4B

tetradic

#4B248B #8B2431 #648B24 #248B7F

square

#4B248B #8B2431 #648B24 #248B7F

split-complementary

#4B248B #8B7F24 #318B24

monochromatic

#170B2A #31175A #4B248B #6531BC #8656D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4B248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4B248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B248B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B248B	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.159 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ae',
    500: '#4b248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b248b;
$custom-light: #8462ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37731,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B248B

secondary

#92B753

accent

#E246A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B248B

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

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