#4B38AA#4B38AA

#4B38AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.173 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38AA
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 39.54, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 70.61, 304.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.0423 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.173 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5693, 7.2258, 38.8075)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.08

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38AA #97AA38

analogous

#385EAA #4B38AA #8438AA

triadic

#4B38AA #AA4B38 #38AA4B

tetradic

#4B38AA #AA385E #97AA38 #38AA84

square

#4B38AA #AA385E #97AA38 #38AA84

split-complementary

#4B38AA #AA8438 #5EAA38

monochromatic

#221A4E #37297C #4B38AA #6A57C8 #9385D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4B38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4B38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38AA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38AA	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.173 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770c4',
    500: '#4b38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38aa;
$custom-light: #8770c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43341,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38AA

secondary

#B6C17D

accent

#DA4EC3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38AA

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

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