#4B359B#4B359B

#4B359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.158 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B359B
RGB	rgb(75, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 36.66, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 64.06, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0471 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.158 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0894, 6.4081, 31.7093)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B359B #859B35

analogous

#35529B #4B359B #7E359B

triadic

#4B359B #9B4B35 #359B4B

tetradic

#4B359B #9B3552 #859B35 #359B7E

square

#4B359B #9B3552 #859B35 #359B7E

split-complementary

#4B359B #9B7E35 #529B35

monochromatic

#1F1640 #35256D #4B359B #654CC2 #8C79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4B359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4B359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B359B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B359B	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.158 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb9',
    500: '#4b359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b359b;
$custom-light: #856eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41584,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B359B

secondary

#AABA72

accent

#D94FBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B359B

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

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