#4D2198#4D2198

#4D2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.178 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2198
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 46.79, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 73.77, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0693 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.178 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.2703, 4.9322, 30.1632)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2198 #6C9821

analogous

#213198 #4D2198 #892198

triadic

#4D2198 #984D21 #21984D

tetradic

#4D2198 #982131 #6C9821 #219889

square

#4D2198 #982131 #6C9821 #219889

split-complementary

#4D2198 #988921 #319821

monochromatic

#1A0B33 #341666 #4D2198 #662CCA #8959DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4D2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4D2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2198

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2198	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.178 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b7',
    500: '#4d2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2198;
$custom-light: #8762b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38792,
    "c": 0.17776,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.04932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2198

secondary

#98BF56

accent

#E740AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2198

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

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