#4D236B#4D236B

#4D236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.123 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D236B
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 33.80, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 48.10, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.076 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.123 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3149, 3.8415, 14.3159)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D236B #416B23

analogous

#29236B #4D236B #6B2365

triadic

#4D236B #6B4D23 #236B4D

tetradic

#4D236B #6B2923 #416B23 #23656B

square

#4D236B #6B2923 #416B23 #23656B

split-complementary

#4D236B #656B23 #236B29

monochromatic

#110817 #2C143D #4D236B #6E3299 #8F46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4D236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4D236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D236B

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D236B	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.123 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826196',
    500: '#4d236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d236b;
$custom-light: #826196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35207,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D236B

secondary

#6E9E4B

accent

#DA4E88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D236B

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

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