#4D237B#4D237B

#4D237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.142 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D237B
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 37.97, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 57.00, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0742 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.142 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2359, 4.2099, 19.1664)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D237B #517B23

analogous

#23257B #4D237B #79237B

triadic

#4D237B #7B4D23 #237B4D

tetradic

#4D237B #7B2325 #517B23 #237B79

square

#4D237B #7B2325 #517B23 #237B79

split-complementary

#4D237B #7B7923 #257B23

monochromatic

#11081C #2F154B #4D237B #6B31AB #894CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4D237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D237B

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D237B	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.142 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a2',
    500: '#4d237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d237b;
$custom-light: #8361a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36463,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D237B

secondary

#7FAE4C

accent

#DF4997

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D237B

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

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