#4B359D#4B359D

#4B359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.160 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B359D
RGB	rgb(75, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 37.27, -53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 65.19, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0469 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.16 287)
XYZ	xyz(10.2588, 6.4759, 32.6012)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B359D #879D35

analogous

#35539D #4B359D #7F359D

triadic

#4B359D #9D4B35 #359D4B

tetradic

#4B359D #9D3553 #879D35 #359D7F

square

#4B359D #9D3553 #879D35 #359D7F

split-complementary

#4B359D #9D7F35 #539D35

monochromatic

#1F1641 #35266F #4B359D #654CC3 #8D7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4B359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4B359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B359D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B359D	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.160 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ebb',
    500: '#4b359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b359d;
$custom-light: #856ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41753,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B359D

secondary

#ACBB73

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B359D

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

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