#4D2285#4D2285

#4D2285 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.155 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2285
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 41.16, -47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 63.06, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0734 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.155 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8651, 4.4152, 22.6236)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2285 #5A8522

analogous

#222885 #4D2285 #7E2285

triadic

#4D2285 #854D22 #22854D

tetradic

#4D2285 #852228 #5A8522 #22857E

square

#4D2285 #852228 #5A8522 #22857E

split-complementary

#4D2285 #857E22 #288522

monochromatic

#150924 #311654 #4D2285 #692EB6 #884FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4D2285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4D2285 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2285

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2285	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.155 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a9',
    500: '#4d2285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2285;
$custom-light: #8461a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37181,
    "c": 0.15497,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2285

secondary

#88B64D

accent

#E2459E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2285

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

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