#4A237F#4A237F

#4A237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.146 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A237F
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 38.43, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 59.30, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.069 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.146 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2549, 4.1901, 20.5011)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A237F #587F23

analogous

#232A7F #4A237F #78237F

triadic

#4A237F #7F4A23 #237F4A

tetradic

#4A237F #7F232A #587F23 #237F78

square

#4A237F #7F232A #587F23 #237F78

split-complementary

#4A237F #7F7823 #2A7F23

monochromatic

#12091F #2E164F #4A237F #6630AF #844ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4A237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A237F

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A237F	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.146 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a5',
    500: '#4a237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a237f;
$custom-light: #8261a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.435,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36434,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A237F

secondary

#87B14C

accent

#E0489F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A237F

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

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