#4D239B#4D239B

#4D239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.179 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D239B
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 46.68, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 74.36, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0669 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.179 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5763, 5.1460, 31.4927)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D239B #719B23

analogous

#23359B #4D239B #89239B

triadic

#4D239B #9B4D23 #239B4D

tetradic

#4D239B #9B2335 #719B23 #239B89

square

#4D239B #9B2335 #719B23 #239B89

split-complementary

#4D239B #9B8923 #359B23

monochromatic

#1B0C37 #341869 #4D239B #662ECD #895EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4D239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4D239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D239B

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D239B	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.179 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ba',
    500: '#4d239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d239b;
$custom-light: #8763ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39302,
    "c": 0.17911,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D239B

secondary

#9CBF5A

accent

#E642AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D239B

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

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