#4B398D#4B398D

#4B398D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.133 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B398D
RGB	rgb(75, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 29.91, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 53.37, 304.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0435 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.133 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.1711, 6.3448, 25.9356)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B398D #7B8D39

analogous

#39518D #4B398D #75398D

triadic

#4B398D #8D4B39 #398D4B

tetradic

#4B398D #8D3951 #7B8D39 #398D75

square

#4B398D #8D3951 #7B8D39 #398D75

split-complementary

#4B398D #8D7539 #518D39

monochromatic

#1D1636 #342761 #4B398D #634CB7 #8978C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4B398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4B398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B398D

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B398D	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.133 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270af',
    500: '#4b398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b398d;
$custom-light: #8270af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41133,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B398D

secondary

#A4B270

accent

#D256B8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B398D

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

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