#4B268B#4B268B

#4B268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.157 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B268B
RGB	rgb(75, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 40.39, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 64.19, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.065 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.157 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2537, 4.7459, 24.9023)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B268B #668B26

analogous

#26348B #4B268B #7D268B

triadic

#4B268B #8B4B26 #268B4B

tetradic

#4B268B #8B2634 #668B26 #268B7D

square

#4B268B #8B2634 #668B26 #268B7D

split-complementary

#4B268B #8B7D26 #348B26

monochromatic

#170C2B #31195B #4B268B #6533BB #865AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4B268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4B268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B268B

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B268B	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.157 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464ae',
    500: '#4b268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b268b;
$custom-light: #8464ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.98,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37994,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B268B

secondary

#93B756

accent

#E047A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B268B

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

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