#4B268A#4B268A

#4B268A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.156 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B268A
RGB	rgb(75, 38, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 40.11, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 63.64, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0652 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.156 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1810, 4.7168, 24.5192)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B268A #658A26

analogous

#26338A #4B268A #7D268A

triadic

#4B268A #8A4B26 #268A4B

tetradic

#4B268A #8A2633 #658A26 #268A7D

square

#4B268A #8A2633 #658A26 #268A7D

split-complementary

#4B268A #8A7D26 #338A26

monochromatic

#170C2A #31195A #4B268A #6533BA #8659D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4B268A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4B268A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B268A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B268A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B268A	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b268a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 38, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.156 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364ad',
    500: '#4b268a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b268a;
$custom-light: #8364ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b268a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37906,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B268A

secondary

#92B656

accent

#E048A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B268A

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

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