#4B3386#4B3386

#4B3386 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.133 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3386
RGB	rgb(75, 51, 134)
HSL	hsl(257, 45%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 61.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.34, 31.49, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.34, 53.28, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0511 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.133 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3874, 5.5845, 23.1856)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3386 #6E8633

analogous

#334586 #4B3386 #753386

triadic

#4B3386 #864B33 #33864B

tetradic

#4B3386 #863345 #6E8633 #338675

square

#4B3386 #863345 #6E8633 #338675

split-complementary

#4B3386 #867533 #458633

monochromatic

#19112D #32225A #4B3386 #6444B2 #876CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#4B3386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4B3386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3386

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3386	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 51, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.133 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826caa',
    500: '#4b3386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3386;
$custom-light: #826caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.349,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39557,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3386

secondary

#9AAF66

accent

#D553AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3386

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

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