#4D237F#4D237F

#4D237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.147 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D237F
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 39.04, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 59.21, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0735 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.147 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4914, 4.3121, 20.5122)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D237F #557F23

analogous

#23277F #4D237F #7B237F

triadic

#4D237F #7F4D23 #237F4D

tetradic

#4D237F #7F2327 #557F23 #237F7B

square

#4D237F #7F2327 #557F23 #237F7B

split-complementary

#4D237F #7F7B23 #277F23

monochromatic

#13091F #30164F #4D237F #6A30AF #894ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4D237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D237F

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D237F	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.147 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a5',
    500: '#4d237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d237f;
$custom-light: #8462a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36796,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D237F

secondary

#83B14C

accent

#E0489B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D237F

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

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