#4D237E#4D237E

#4D237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.146 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D237E
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 38.78, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 58.66, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0737 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.146 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4266, 4.2861, 20.1707)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D237E #547E23

analogous

#23277E #4D237E #7B237E

triadic

#4D237E #7E4D23 #237E4D

tetradic

#4D237E #7E2327 #547E23 #237E7B

square

#4D237E #7E2327 #547E23 #237E7B

split-complementary

#4D237E #7E7B23 #277E23

monochromatic

#12081E #30164E #4D237E #6A30AE #894ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4D237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D237E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D237E	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.146 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a4',
    500: '#4d237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d237e;
$custom-light: #8362a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36712,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D237E

secondary

#82B04C

accent

#E0489A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D237E

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

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