#4C238D#4C238D

#4C238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.163 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C238D
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 42.66, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 66.91, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.069 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.163 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.3879, 4.6614, 25.6519)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C238D #648D23

analogous

#232F8D #4C238D #81238D

triadic

#4C238D #8D4C23 #238D4C

tetradic

#4C238D #8D232F #648D23 #238D81

square

#4C238D #8D232F #648D23 #238D81

split-complementary

#4C238D #8D8123 #2F8D23

monochromatic

#170B2B #32175C #4C238D #662FBE #8755D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4C238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4C238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C238D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C238D	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.163 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562af',
    500: '#4c238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c238d;
$custom-light: #8562af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37898,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C238D

secondary

#91B953

accent

#E344A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C238D

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

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