#4D236E#4D236E

#4D236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.127 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D236E
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 34.57, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 49.77, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0758 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.127 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4755, 3.9057, 15.1616)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D236E #446E23

analogous

#27236E #4D236E #6E2369

triadic

#4D236E #6E4D23 #236E4D

tetradic

#4D236E #6E2723 #446E23 #23696E

square

#4D236E #6E2723 #446E23 #23696E

split-complementary

#4D236E #696E23 #236E27

monochromatic

#100717 #2C1440 #4D236E #6D329C #8D47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4D236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4D236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D236E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D236E	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.127 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826198',
    500: '#4d236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d236e;
$custom-light: #826198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35433,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D236E

secondary

#71A14C

accent

#DB4D8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D236E

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

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