#4C238E#4C238E

#4C238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.164 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C238E
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 42.94, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 67.45, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0688 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.164 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4627, 4.6913, 26.0456)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C238E #658E23

analogous

#232F8E #4C238E #82238E

triadic

#4C238E #8E4C23 #238E4C

tetradic

#4C238E #8E232F #658E23 #238E82

square

#4C238E #8E232F #658E23 #238E82

split-complementary

#4C238E #8E8223 #2F8E23

monochromatic

#170B2C #32175D #4C238E #662FBF #8756D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4C238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4C238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C238E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C238E	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.164 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b0',
    500: '#4c238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c238e;
$custom-light: #8562b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37989,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C238E

secondary

#92B953

accent

#E444A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C238E

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

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