#4B248C#4B248C

#4B248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.161 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B248C
RGB	rgb(75, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 41.71, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 65.87, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0668 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.161 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2649, 4.6508, 25.2681)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B248C #658C24

analogous

#24318C #4B248C #7F248C

triadic

#4B248C #8C4B24 #248C4B

tetradic

#4B248C #8C2431 #658C24 #248C7F

square

#4B248C #8C2431 #658C24 #248C7F

split-complementary

#4B248C #8C7F24 #318C24

monochromatic

#170B2B #31175B #4B248C #6531BD #8657D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4B248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4B248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B248C

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B248C	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.161 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ae',
    500: '#4b248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b248c;
$custom-light: #8463ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37821,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B248C

secondary

#92B854

accent

#E246A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B248C

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

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