#4C239C#4C239C

#4C239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.180 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C239C
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 46.81, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 74.94, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.065 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.18 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5806, 5.1385, 31.9331)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C239C #739C23

analogous

#23369C #4C239C #89239C

triadic

#4C239C #9C4C23 #239C4C

tetradic

#4C239C #9C2336 #739C23 #239C89

square

#4C239C #9C2336 #739C23 #239C89

split-complementary

#4C239C #9C8923 #369C23

monochromatic

#1B0D38 #34186A #4C239C #642ECE #895EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4C239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4C239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C239C

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C239C	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.180 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ba',
    500: '#4c239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c239c;
$custom-light: #8763ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.331,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39289,
    "c": 0.18024,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C239C

secondary

#9EC05B

accent

#E641AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C239C

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

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