#4B3597#4B3597

#4B3597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.153 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3597
RGB	rgb(75, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 35.43, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 61.79, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0475 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.153 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7590, 6.2760, 29.9693)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3597 #819735

analogous

#355097 #4B3597 #7C3597

triadic

#4B3597 #974B35 #35974B

tetradic

#4B3597 #973550 #819735 #35977C

square

#4B3597 #973550 #819735 #35977C

split-complementary

#4B3597 #977C35 #509735

monochromatic

#1E153C #34256A #4B3597 #644ABF #8B77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4B3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4B3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3597

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3597	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.153 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846db6',
    500: '#4b3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3597;
$custom-light: #846db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4125,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3597

secondary

#A8B870

accent

#D850B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3597

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

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