#4C239E#4C239E

#4C239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.183 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C239E
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 47.36, -59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 76.00, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0644 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.183 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7513, 5.2068, 32.8323)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C239E #759E23

analogous

#23379E #4C239E #89239E

triadic

#4C239E #9E4C23 #239E4C

tetradic

#4C239E #9E2337 #759E23 #239E89

square

#4C239E #9E2337 #759E23 #239E89

split-complementary

#4C239E #9E8923 #379E23

monochromatic

#1C0D3A #34186C #4C239E #642ED0 #8960DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4C239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4C239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C239E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C239E	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.183 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763bc',
    500: '#4c239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c239e;
$custom-light: #8763bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3948,
    "c": 0.18252,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C239E

secondary

#9FC15C

accent

#E741B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C239E

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

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