#4C239B#4C239B

#4C239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.179 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C239B
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 46.53, -58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 74.41, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% 0.0653 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.179 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4962, 5.1047, 31.4889)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C239B #729B23

analogous

#23369B #4C239B #88239B

triadic

#4C239B #9B4C23 #239B4C

tetradic

#4C239B #9B2336 #729B23 #239B88

square

#4C239B #9B2336 #729B23 #239B88

split-complementary

#4C239B #9B8823 #369B23

monochromatic

#1B0C37 #341869 #4C239B #642ECD #885EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4C239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C239B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C239B	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.179 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ba',
    500: '#4c239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c239b;
$custom-light: #8763ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39194,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C239B

secondary

#9DBF5A

accent

#E642AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C239B

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

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