#4D237D#4D237D

#4D237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.144 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D237D
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 38.51, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 58.11, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0739 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.144 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3624, 4.2605, 19.8325)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D237D #537D23

analogous

#23267D #4D237D #7A237D

triadic

#4D237D #7D4D23 #237D4D

tetradic

#4D237D #7D2326 #537D23 #237D7A

square

#4D237D #7D2326 #537D23 #237D7A

split-complementary

#4D237D #7D7A23 #267D23

monochromatic

#12081D #30164D #4D237D #6A30AD #894DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4D237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D237D

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D237D	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.144 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4d237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d237d;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36628,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D237D

secondary

#81AF4C

accent

#E04899

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D237D

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

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