#4B3198#4B3198

#4B3198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.159 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3198
RGB	rgb(75, 49, 152)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 38.09, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 64.87, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0516 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.159 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6658, 5.9591, 30.3406)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3198 #7E9831

analogous

#314A98 #4B3198 #7F3198

triadic

#4B3198 #984B31 #31984B

tetradic

#4B3198 #98314A #7E9831 #31987F

square

#4B3198 #98314A #7E9831 #31987F

split-complementary

#4B3198 #987F31 #4A9831

monochromatic

#1D133B #34226A #4B3198 #6444C3 #8A72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4B3198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4B3198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3198

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3198	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 49, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.159 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bb7',
    500: '#4b3198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3198;
$custom-light: #856bb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.146,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40705,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3198

secondary

#A6B96B

accent

#DB4DB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3198

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

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