#4A237C#4A237C

#4A237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.143 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A237C
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 37.61, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 57.63, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0695 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.143 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0622, 4.1131, 19.4867)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A237C #557C23

analogous

#23287C #4A237C #76237C

triadic

#4A237C #7C4A23 #237C4A

tetradic

#4A237C #7C2328 #557C23 #237C76

square

#4A237C #7C2328 #557C23 #237C76

split-complementary

#4A237C #7C7623 #287C23

monochromatic

#11081D #2E164C #4A237C #6630AC #854DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4A237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A237C

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A237C	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.143 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a3',
    500: '#4a237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a237c;
$custom-light: #8161a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.292,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36179,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A237C

secondary

#83AF4C

accent

#DF499D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A237C

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

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