#4B268E#4B268E

#4B268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.161 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B268E
RGB	rgb(75, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 41.23, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 65.84, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0644 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.161 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4759, 4.8348, 26.0726)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B268E #698E26

analogous

#26358E #4B268E #7F268E

triadic

#4B268E #8E4B26 #268E4B

tetradic

#4B268E #8E2635 #698E26 #268E7F

square

#4B268E #8E2635 #698E26 #268E7F

split-complementary

#4B268E #8E7F26 #358E26

monochromatic

#180C2D #31195E #4B268E #6433BE #865BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4B268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B268E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B268E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.161 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464b0',
    500: '#4b268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b268e;
$custom-light: #8464b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3826,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B268E

secondary

#96B858

accent

#E147AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B268E

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

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