#4B3196#4B3196

#4B3196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.157 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3196
RGB	rgb(75, 49, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 67.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 37.48, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 63.74, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0519 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.157 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5034, 5.8941, 29.4852)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3196 #7C9631

analogous

#314996 #4B3196 #7E3196

triadic

#4B3196 #964B31 #31964B

tetradic

#4B3196 #963149 #7C9631 #31967E

square

#4B3196 #963149 #7C9631 #31967E

split-complementary

#4B3196 #967E31 #499631

monochromatic

#1D133A #342268 #4B3196 #6343C1 #8971D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4B3196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4B3196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3196

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3196	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 49, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.157 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846bb6',
    500: '#4b3196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3196;
$custom-light: #846bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.446,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40534,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3196

secondary

#A4B86A

accent

#DA4EB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3196

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

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