#4D235C#4D235C

#4D235C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.105 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D235C
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 92)
HSL	hsl(284, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 62%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 30.11, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 39.79, 319.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0761 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.105 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5931, 3.5527, 10.5143)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.92

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D235C #325C23

analogous

#31235C #4D235C #5C234E

triadic

#4D235C #5C4D23 #235C4D

tetradic

#4D235C #5C3123 #325C23 #234E5C

square

#4D235C #5C3123 #325C23 #234E5C

split-complementary

#4D235C #4E5C23 #235C31

monochromatic

#130816 #281230 #4D235C #723488 #9745B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4D235C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D235C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D235C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D235C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D235C	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14325E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d235c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.105 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4d235c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d235c;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d235c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34152,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D235C

secondary

#5D904B

accent

#D55375

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D235C

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

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