#4D236F#4D236F

#4D236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.128 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D236F
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 34.83, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 50.33, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0757 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.128 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5302, 3.9276, 15.4499)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D236F #456F23

analogous

#27236F #4D236F #6F236B

triadic

#4D236F #6F4D23 #236F4D

tetradic

#4D236F #6F2723 #456F23 #236B6F

square

#4D236F #6F2723 #456F23 #236B6F

split-complementary

#4D236F #6B6F23 #236F27

monochromatic

#100717 #2D1440 #4D236F #6D329E #8D47C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4D236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4D236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D236F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D236F	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.128 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826199',
    500: '#4d236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d236f;
$custom-light: #826199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35509,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D236F

secondary

#72A24C

accent

#DB4C8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D236F

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

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