#4C237C#4C237C

#4C237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.143 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C237C
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 38.03, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 57.58, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0725 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.143 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2187, 4.1937, 19.4940)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C237C #537C23

analogous

#23267C #4C237C #78237C

triadic

#4C237C #7C4C23 #237C4C

tetradic

#4C237C #7C2326 #537C23 #237C78

square

#4C237C #7C2326 #537C23 #237C78

split-complementary

#4C237C #7C7823 #267C23

monochromatic

#11081D #2F164C #4C237C #6930AC #884DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4C237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C237C

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C237C	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.143 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4c237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c237c;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.64,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36422,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C237C

secondary

#81AF4C

accent

#DF499A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C237C

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

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