#4C238C#4C238C

#4C238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.162 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C238C
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 42.39, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 66.37, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0692 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.162 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3139, 4.6318, 25.2618)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C238C #638C23

analogous

#232E8C #4C238C #81238C

triadic

#4C238C #8C4C23 #238C4C

tetradic

#4C238C #8C232E #638C23 #238C81

square

#4C238C #8C232E #638C23 #238C81

split-complementary

#4C238C #8C8123 #2E8C23

monochromatic

#170B2A #31175B #4C238C #672FBD #8755D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4C238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4C238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C238C

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C238C	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.162 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ae',
    500: '#4c238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c238c;
$custom-light: #8562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37808,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C238C

secondary

#91B852

accent

#E345A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C238C

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

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