#4D238E#4D238E

#4D238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.164 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D238E
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 43.11, -51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 67.41, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0703 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.164 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5428, 4.7326, 26.0493)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D238E #648E23

analogous

#232F8E #4D238E #82238E

triadic

#4D238E #8E4D23 #238E4D

tetradic

#4D238E #8E232F #648E23 #238E82

square

#4D238E #8E232F #648E23 #238E82

split-complementary

#4D238E #8E8223 #2F8E23

monochromatic

#180B2C #32175D #4D238E #682FBF #8856D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4D238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4D238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D238E

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D238E	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.164 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b0',
    500: '#4d238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d238e;
$custom-light: #8562b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.551,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38103,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D238E

secondary

#91B953

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D238E

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

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