#4D237A#4D237A

#4D237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.141 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D237A
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 37.71, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 56.45, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0743 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.141 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1736, 4.1850, 18.8384)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D237A #507A23

analogous

#23247A #4D237A #78237A

triadic

#4D237A #7A4D23 #237A4D

tetradic

#4D237A #7A2324 #507A23 #237A78

square

#4D237A #7A2324 #507A23 #237A78

split-complementary

#4D237A #7A7823 #247A23

monochromatic

#11081B #2F154A #4D237A #6B31AA #894CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4D237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D237A

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D237A	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.141 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a1',
    500: '#4d237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d237a;
$custom-light: #8361a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36381,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D237A

secondary

#7EAD4C

accent

#DF4996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D237A

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

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