#4C238B#4C238B

#4C238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.161 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C238B
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 42.11, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 65.83, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0695 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.161 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2405, 4.6024, 24.8753)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C238B #628B23

analogous

#232E8B #4C238B #80238B

triadic

#4C238B #8B4C23 #238B4C

tetradic

#4C238B #8B232E #628B23 #238B80

square

#4C238B #8B232E #628B23 #238B80

split-complementary

#4C238B #8B8023 #2E8B23

monochromatic

#170A29 #31175A #4C238B #672FBC #8754D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4C238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4C238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C238B

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C238B	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.161 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ae',
    500: '#4c238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c238b;
$custom-light: #8462ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37719,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C238B

secondary

#90B852

accent

#E345A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C238B

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

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