#4C236A#4C236A

#4C236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.121 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C236A
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 33.29, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 47.52, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.0746 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.121 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1825, 3.7793, 14.0366)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C236A #416A23

analogous

#28236A #4C236A #6A2364

triadic

#4C236A #6A4C23 #236A4C

tetradic

#4C236A #6A2823 #416A23 #23646A

square

#4C236A #6A2823 #416A23 #23646A

split-complementary

#4C236A #646A23 #236A28

monochromatic

#100817 #2B143C #4C236A #6D3298 #8D46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4C236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4C236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C236A

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C236A	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.121 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816195',
    500: '#4c236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c236a;
$custom-light: #816195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C236A

secondary

#6E9D4B

accent

#DA4E89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C236A

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

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