#4B308E#4B308E

#4B308E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.148 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B308E
RGB	rgb(75, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.28, 35.67, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.28, 59.84, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0539 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.148 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8397, 5.5624, 26.1938)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B308E #738E30

analogous

#30448E #4B308E #7A308E

triadic

#4B308E #8E4B30 #308E4B

tetradic

#4B308E #8E3044 #738E30 #308E7A

square

#4B308E #8E3044 #738E30 #308E7A

split-complementary

#4B308E #8E7A30 #448E30

monochromatic

#1B1133 #332160 #4B308E #633FBC #876BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#4B308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4B308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B308E

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B308E	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.148 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ab0',
    500: '#4b308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b308e;
$custom-light: #836ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.234,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39708,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B308E

secondary

#9EB465

accent

#D94FB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B308E

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

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