#4D2282#4D2282

#4D2282 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.151 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2282
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 40.36, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 61.42, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.074 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.151 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6608, 4.3334, 21.5476)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2282 #578222

analogous

#222782 #4D2282 #7D2282

triadic

#4D2282 #824D22 #22824D

tetradic

#4D2282 #822227 #578222 #22827D

square

#4D2282 #822227 #578222 #22827D

split-complementary

#4D2282 #827D22 #278222

monochromatic

#140921 #301551 #4D2282 #6A2FB3 #884ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4D2282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D2282 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2282

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2282	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.151 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a7',
    500: '#4d2282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2282;
$custom-light: #8461a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36921,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2282

secondary

#85B44C

accent

#E2469C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2282

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

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