#4A238D#4A238D

#4A238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.163 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A238D
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 42.31, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 67.00, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0659 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.163 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2315, 4.5807, 25.6446)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A238D #668D23

analogous

#23318D #4A238D #7F238D

triadic

#4A238D #8D4A23 #238D4A

tetradic

#4A238D #8D2331 #668D23 #238D7F

square

#4A238D #8D2331 #668D23 #238D7F

split-complementary

#4A238D #8D7F23 #318D23

monochromatic

#170B2B #30175C #4A238D #642FBE #8455D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4A238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A238D

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A238D	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.163 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362af',
    500: '#4a238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a238d;
$custom-light: #8362af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.075,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37672,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A238D

secondary

#93B953

accent

#E344A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A238D

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

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