#4C238F#4C238F

#4C238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.165 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C238F
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 43.21, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 67.99, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0685 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.165 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5381, 4.7215, 26.4428)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C238F #668F23

analogous

#23308F #4C238F #82238F

triadic

#4C238F #8F4C23 #238F4C

tetradic

#4C238F #8F2330 #668F23 #238F82

square

#4C238F #8F2330 #668F23 #238F82

split-complementary

#4C238F #8F8223 #308F23

monochromatic

#180B2D #32175E #4C238F #662FC0 #8757D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#4C238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4C238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C238F

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C238F	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.165 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b1',
    500: '#4c238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c238f;
$custom-light: #8562b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38079,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C238F

secondary

#93BA54

accent

#E444A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C238F

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

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