#4B389E#4B389E

#4B389E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.158 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B389E
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 35.80, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 63.85, 304.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.0437 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.158 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4855, 6.7923, 33.0997)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.96

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B389E #8B9E38

analogous

#38589E #4B389E #7E389E

triadic

#4B389E #9E4B38 #389E4B

tetradic

#4B389E #9E3858 #8B9E38 #389E7E

square

#4B389E #9E3858 #8B9E38 #389E7E

split-complementary

#4B389E #9E7E38 #589E38

monochromatic

#201844 #362871 #4B389E #6652C2 #8E7FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4B389E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4B389E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B389E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B389E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B389E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b389e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.158 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570bb',
    500: '#4b389e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b389e;
$custom-light: #8570bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b389e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.176,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42319,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B389E

secondary

#AEBB77

accent

#D751BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B389E

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

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