#4C237E#4C237E

#4C237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.145 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C237E
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 38.57, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 58.69, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0722 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.145 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3465, 4.2448, 20.1669)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C237E #557E23

analogous

#23287E #4C237E #7A237E

triadic

#4C237E #7E4C23 #237E4C

tetradic

#4C237E #7E2328 #557E23 #237E7A

square

#4C237E #7E2328 #557E23 #237E7A

split-complementary

#4C237E #7E7A23 #287E23

monochromatic

#12081E #2F164E #4C237E #6930AE #874ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4C237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C237E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C237E	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.145 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a4',
    500: '#4c237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c237e;
$custom-light: #8361a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3659,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C237E

secondary

#83B04C

accent

#E0489B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C237E

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

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