#4B3574#4B3574

#4B3574 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.105 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3574
RGB	rgb(75, 53, 116)
HSL	hsl(261, 37%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 24.94, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 41.28, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0481 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.105 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3264, 5.3029, 17.1572)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3574 #5E7435

analogous

#353E74 #4B3574 #6A3574

triadic

#4B3574 #744B35 #35744B

tetradic

#4B3574 #74353E #5E7435 #35746A

square

#4B3574 #74353E #5E7435 #35746A

split-complementary

#4B3574 #746A35 #3E7435

monochromatic

#150F20 #30224A #4B3574 #66489E #8569BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#4B3574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4B3574 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3574

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3574	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 53, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.105 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806d9c',
    500: '#4b3574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3574;
$custom-light: #806d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38601,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3574

secondary

#8CA362

accent

#CD5BA5

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3574

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

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