#4C236F#4C236F

#4C236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.127 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C236F
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 34.58, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 50.33, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0742 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.127 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4501, 3.8863, 15.4462)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C236F #466F23

analogous

#26236F #4C236F #6F236C

triadic

#4C236F #6F4C23 #236F4C

tetradic

#4C236F #6F2623 #466F23 #236C6F

square

#4C236F #6F2623 #466F23 #236C6F

split-complementary

#4C236F #6C6F23 #236F26

monochromatic

#100717 #2C1440 #4C236F #6C329E #8B47C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4C236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4C236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C236F

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C236F	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.127 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816199',
    500: '#4c236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c236f;
$custom-light: #816199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35379,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C236F

secondary

#73A24C

accent

#DB4C8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C236F

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

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