#4B399D#4B399D

#4B399D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.155 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B399D
RGB	rgb(75, 57, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 34.88, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 62.64, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.0427 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.155 286)
XYZ	xyz(10.4488, 6.8559, 32.6645)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B399D #8B9D39

analogous

#39599D #4B399D #7D399D

triadic

#4B399D #9D4B39 #399D4B

tetradic

#4B399D #9D3959 #8B9D39 #399D7D

square

#4B399D #9D3959 #8B9D39 #399D7D

split-complementary

#4B399D #9D7D39 #599D39

monochromatic

#201843 #362970 #4B399D #6653C0 #8E80D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4B399D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4B399D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B399D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B399D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B399D	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b399d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 57, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.155 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570bb',
    500: '#4b399d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b399d;
$custom-light: #8570bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b399d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42402,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B399D

secondary

#AEBA78

accent

#D651BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B399D

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

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