#4D238D#4D238D

#4D238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.163 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D238D
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 42.84, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 66.86, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0705 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.163 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4680, 4.7027, 25.6557)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D238D #638D23

analogous

#232E8D #4D238D #82238D

triadic

#4D238D #8D4D23 #238D4D

tetradic

#4D238D #8D232E #638D23 #238D82

square

#4D238D #8D232E #638D23 #238D82

split-complementary

#4D238D #8D8223 #2E8D23

monochromatic

#170B2B #32175C #4D238D #682FBE #8855D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4D238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4D238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D238D

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D238D	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.163 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562af',
    500: '#4d238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d238d;
$custom-light: #8562af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38013,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D238D

secondary

#90B953

accent

#E344A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D238D

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

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