#4C237A#4C237A

#4C237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.141 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C237A
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 37.49, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 56.47, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0728 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.141 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0935, 4.1437, 18.8347)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C237A #517A23

analogous

#23257A #4C237A #77237A

triadic

#4C237A #7A4C23 #237A4C

tetradic

#4C237A #7A2325 #517A23 #237A77

square

#4C237A #7A2325 #517A23 #237A77

split-complementary

#4C237A #7A7723 #257A23

monochromatic

#11081B #2E154A #4C237A #6A31AA #884CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4C237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C237A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C237A	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.141 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a1',
    500: '#4c237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c237a;
$custom-light: #8261a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36256,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C237A

secondary

#7FAD4C

accent

#DF4998

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C237A

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

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