#4B3586#4B3586

#4B3586 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.130 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3586
RGB	rgb(75, 53, 134)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 60%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 60.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 30.26, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 51.95, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.0486 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.13 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.4767, 5.7630, 23.2154)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3586 #708635

analogous

#354886 #4B3586 #743586

triadic

#4B3586 #864B35 #35864B

tetradic

#4B3586 #863548 #708635 #358674

square

#4B3586 #863548 #708635 #358674

split-complementary

#4B3586 #867435 #488635

monochromatic

#1A122E #32245A #4B3586 #6446B2 #876FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4B3586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4B3586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3586

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3586	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 53, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.130 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826daa',
    500: '#4b3586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3586;
$custom-light: #826daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.296,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39899,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3586

secondary

#9BAE68

accent

#D355B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3586

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

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