#4C236D#4C236D

#4C236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.125 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C236D
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 34.06, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 49.21, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0744 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.125 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3413, 3.8428, 14.8727)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C236D #446D23

analogous

#27236D #4C236D #6D2369

triadic

#4C236D #6D4C23 #236D4C

tetradic

#4C236D #6D2723 #446D23 #23696D

square

#4C236D #6D2723 #446D23 #23696D

split-complementary

#4C236D #696D23 #236D27

monochromatic

#100717 #2C143F #4C236D #6C329B #8C47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4C236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C236D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C236D	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.125 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816197',
    500: '#4c236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c236d;
$custom-light: #816197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.243,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35226,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C236D

secondary

#71A04B

accent

#DB4D8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C236D

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

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