#4B338E#4B338E

#4B338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.143 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B338E
RGB	rgb(75, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 33.89, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 57.92, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0505 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.143 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9666, 5.8162, 26.2361)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B338E #768E33

analogous

#33498E #4B338E #78338E

triadic

#4B338E #8E4B33 #338E4B

tetradic

#4B338E #8E3349 #768E33 #338E78

square

#4B338E #8E3349 #768E33 #338E78

split-complementary

#4B338E #8E7833 #498E33

monochromatic

#1B1334 #332361 #4B338E #6343BB #8870CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4B338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B338E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B338E	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.143 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836cb0',
    500: '#4b338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b338e;
$custom-light: #836cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.824,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40189,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B338E

secondary

#A0B469

accent

#D751B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B338E

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

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