#4D239E#4D239E

#4D239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.183 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D239E
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 47.51, -59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 75.94, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.066 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.183 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8314, 5.2481, 32.8361)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D239E #749E23

analogous

#23369E #4D239E #8B239E

triadic

#4D239E #9E4D23 #239E4D

tetradic

#4D239E #9E2336 #749E23 #239E8B

square

#4D239E #9E2336 #749E23 #239E8B

split-complementary

#4D239E #9E8B23 #369E23

monochromatic

#1C0D3A #35186C #4D239E #652ED0 #8A60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4D239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4D239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D239E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D239E	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.183 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863bc',
    500: '#4d239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d239e;
$custom-light: #8863bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39586,
    "c": 0.18251,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D239E

secondary

#9EC15C

accent

#E741AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D239E

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

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