#4D238C#4D238C

#4D238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.162 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D238C
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 42.57, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 66.32, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0708 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.162 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3940, 4.6731, 25.2656)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D238C #628C23

analogous

#232E8C #4D238C #82238C

triadic

#4D238C #8C4D23 #238C4D

tetradic

#4D238C #8C232E #628C23 #238C82

square

#4D238C #8C232E #628C23 #238C82

split-complementary

#4D238C #8C8223 #2E8C23

monochromatic

#170B2A #32175B #4D238C #682FBD #8855D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4D238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4D238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D238C

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D238C	1.00	10.85	1.93	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.162 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ae',
    500: '#4d238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d238c;
$custom-light: #8562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37923,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D238C

secondary

#90B852

accent

#E345A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D238C

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

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