#4C237D#4C237D

#4C237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.144 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C237D
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 38.30, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 58.14, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0723 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.144 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2823, 4.2192, 19.8288)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C237D #547D23

analogous

#23277D #4C237D #79237D

triadic

#4C237D #7D4C23 #237D4C

tetradic

#4C237D #7D2327 #547D23 #237D79

square

#4C237D #7D2327 #547D23 #237D79

split-complementary

#4C237D #7D7923 #277D23

monochromatic

#12081D #2F164D #4C237D #6930AD #884DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4C237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C237D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C237D	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.144 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4c237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c237d;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36506,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C237D

secondary

#82AF4C

accent

#E0489B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C237D

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

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