#4D238B#4D238B

#4D238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.161 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D238B
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 42.29, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 65.78, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.071 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.161 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3206, 4.6437, 24.8790)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D238B #618B23

analogous

#232D8B #4D238B #81238B

triadic

#4D238B #8B4D23 #238B4D

tetradic

#4D238B #8B232D #618B23 #238B81

square

#4D238B #8B232D #618B23 #238B81

split-complementary

#4D238B #8B8123 #2D8B23

monochromatic

#170A29 #32175A #4D238B #682FBC #8854D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#4D238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4D238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D238B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D238B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.161 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ae',
    500: '#4d238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d238b;
$custom-light: #8562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37834,
    "c": 0.16073,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D238B

secondary

#8FB852

accent

#E345A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D238B

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

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