#4C236E#4C236E

#4C236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.126 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C236E
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 34.32, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 49.77, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0743 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.126 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3954, 3.8644, 15.1578)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C236E #456E23

analogous

#26236E #4C236E #6E236A

triadic

#4C236E #6E4C23 #236E4C

tetradic

#4C236E #6E2623 #456E23 #236A6E

square

#4C236E #6E2623 #456E23 #236A6E

split-complementary

#4C236E #6A6E23 #236E26

monochromatic

#100717 #2C1440 #4C236E #6C329C #8C47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4C236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C236E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C236E	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.126 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816198',
    500: '#4c236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c236e;
$custom-light: #816198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35302,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C236E

secondary

#72A14C

accent

#DB4D8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C236E

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

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