#4C237B#4C237B

#4C237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.142 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C237B
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 37.76, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 57.03, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0727 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.142 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1558, 4.1686, 19.1627)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C237B #527B23

analogous

#23267B #4C237B #78237B

triadic

#4C237B #7B4C23 #237B4C

tetradic

#4C237B #7B2326 #527B23 #237B78

square

#4C237B #7B2326 #527B23 #237B78

split-complementary

#4C237B #7B7823 #267B23

monochromatic

#11081C #2F154B #4C237B #6931AB #884CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4C237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C237B

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C237B	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.142 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a2',
    500: '#4c237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c237b;
$custom-light: #8261a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36339,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C237B

secondary

#80AE4C

accent

#DF4999

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C237B

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

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