#4D237C#4D237C

#4D237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.143 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D237C
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 38.24, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 57.56, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.074 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.143 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2988, 4.2350, 19.4978)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D237C #527C23

analogous

#23257C #4D237C #79237C

triadic

#4D237C #7C4D23 #237C4D

tetradic

#4D237C #7C2325 #527C23 #237C79

square

#4D237C #7C2325 #527C23 #237C79

split-complementary

#4D237C #7C7923 #257C23

monochromatic

#12081D #2F164C #4D237C #6B30AC #894DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4D237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D237C

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D237C	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.143 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4d237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d237c;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36545,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D237C

secondary

#80AF4C

accent

#DF4998

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D237C

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

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