#4C237F#4C237F

#4C237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.147 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C237F
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 38.84, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 59.24, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.072 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.147 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4113, 4.2708, 20.5084)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C237F #567F23

analogous

#23287F #4C237F #7A237F

triadic

#4C237F #7F4C23 #237F4C

tetradic

#4C237F #7F2328 #567F23 #237F7A

square

#4C237F #7F2328 #567F23 #237F7A

split-complementary

#4C237F #7F7A23 #287F23

monochromatic

#13091F #2F164F #4C237F #6930AF #874ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4C237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C237F

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C237F	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.147 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a5',
    500: '#4c237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c237f;
$custom-light: #8361a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36674,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C237F

secondary

#84B14C

accent

#E0489C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C237F

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

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