#4D2197#4D2197

#4D2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.177 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2197
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 46.52, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 73.24, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0696 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.177 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1888, 4.8996, 29.7337)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2197 #6B9721

analogous

#213097 #4D2197 #882197

triadic

#4D2197 #974D21 #21974D

tetradic

#4D2197 #972130 #6B9721 #219788

square

#4D2197 #972130 #6B9721 #219788

split-complementary

#4D2197 #978821 #309721

monochromatic

#1A0B33 #331665 #4D2197 #672CC9 #8958DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4D2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4D2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2197

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2197	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.177 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b7',
    500: '#4d2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2197;
$custom-light: #8762b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38697,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2197

secondary

#97BE55

accent

#E741A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2197

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

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