#4B308D#4B308D

#4B308D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.146 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B308D
RGB	rgb(75, 48, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 35.37, -47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 59.27, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.054 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.146 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7650, 5.5326, 25.8002)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B308D #728D30

analogous

#30448D #4B308D #79308D

triadic

#4B308D #8D4B30 #308D4B

tetradic

#4B308D #8D3044 #728D30 #308D79

square

#4B308D #8D3044 #728D30 #308D79

split-complementary

#4B308D #8D7930 #448D30

monochromatic

#1A1132 #33205F #4B308D #6340BB #876BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4B308D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4B308D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B308D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B308D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B308D	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b308d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 48, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.146 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aaf',
    500: '#4b308d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b308d;
$custom-light: #836aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b308d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39626,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B308D

secondary

#9DB465

accent

#D94FB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B308D

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

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