#4D238F#4D238F

#4D238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.165 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D238F
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 43.39, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 67.95, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0701 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.165 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6182, 4.7628, 26.4465)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D238F #658F23

analogous

#232F8F #4D238F #83238F

triadic

#4D238F #8F4D23 #238F4D

tetradic

#4D238F #8F232F #658F23 #238F83

square

#4D238F #8F232F #658F23 #238F83

split-complementary

#4D238F #8F8323 #2F8F23

monochromatic

#180B2D #33175E #4D238F #672FC0 #8857D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4D238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4D238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D238F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D238F	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.165 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b1',
    500: '#4d238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d238f;
$custom-light: #8662b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38193,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D238F

secondary

#92BA54

accent

#E444A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D238F

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

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