#4B359A#4B359A

#4B359A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.157 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B359A
RGB	rgb(75, 53, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 36.35, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 63.49, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0472 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.157 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0058, 6.3747, 31.2688)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.68

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B359A #849A35

analogous

#35529A #4B359A #7D359A

triadic

#4B359A #9A4B35 #359A4B

tetradic

#4B359A #9A3552 #849A35 #359A7D

square

#4B359A #9A3552 #849A35 #359A7D

split-complementary

#4B359A #9A7D35 #529A35

monochromatic

#1F163F #35256C #4B359A #654BC1 #8C79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4B359A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4B359A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B359A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B359A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B359A	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b359a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 53, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.157 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db9',
    500: '#4b359a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b359a;
$custom-light: #856db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b359a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.069,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.415,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B359A

secondary

#AAB971

accent

#D84FBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B359A

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

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