#4D235B#4D235B

#4D235B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.104 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D235B
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 29.87, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 39.24, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.076 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.104 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5497, 3.5354, 10.2856)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D235B #315B23

analogous

#31235B #4D235B #5B234D

triadic

#4D235B #5B4D23 #235B4D

tetradic

#4D235B #5B3123 #315B23 #234D5B

square

#4D235B #5B3123 #315B23 #234D5B

split-complementary

#4D235B #4D5B23 #235B31

monochromatic

#130916 #28122F #4D235B #723487 #9845B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4D235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D235B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D235B	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15325D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.104 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4d235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d235b;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34087,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D235B

secondary

#5C8F4B

accent

#D45474

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D235B

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

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