#4A237D#4A237D

#4A237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.144 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A237D
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 37.88, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 58.19, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0693 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.144 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1258, 4.1385, 19.8214)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A237D #567D23

analogous

#23297D #4A237D #77237D

triadic

#4A237D #7D4A23 #237D4A

tetradic

#4A237D #7D2329 #567D23 #237D77

square

#4A237D #7D2329 #567D23 #237D77

split-complementary

#4A237D #7D7723 #297D23

monochromatic

#11081D #2E164D #4A237D #6630AD #854DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4A237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A237D

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A237D	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.144 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a3',
    500: '#4a237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a237d;
$custom-light: #8161a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36263,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A237D

secondary

#85AF4C

accent

#E0489E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A237D

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

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