#4A237B#4A237B

#4A237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.141 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A237B
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 37.34, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 57.07, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0697 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.141 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9993, 4.0879, 19.1553)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A237B #547B23

analogous

#23287B #4A237B #76237B

triadic

#4A237B #7B4A23 #237B4A

tetradic

#4A237B #7B2328 #547B23 #237B76

square

#4A237B #7B2328 #547B23 #237B76

split-complementary

#4A237B #7B7623 #287B23

monochromatic

#11081C #2D154B #4A237B #6731AB #854CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4A237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A237B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A237B	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.141 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a2',
    500: '#4a237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a237b;
$custom-light: #8161a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.591,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36095,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A237B

secondary

#82AE4C

accent

#DF499C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A237B

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

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