#4D2291#4D2291

#4D2291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.169 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2291
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 145)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 44.42, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 69.54, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0704 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.169 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7420, 4.7659, 27.2419)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2291 #669122

analogous

#222F91 #4D2291 #842291

triadic

#4D2291 #914D22 #22914D

tetradic

#4D2291 #91222F #669122 #229184

square

#4D2291 #91222F #669122 #229184

split-complementary

#4D2291 #918422 #2F9122

monochromatic

#180B2E #33165F #4D2291 #672EC3 #8856D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4D2291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4D2291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2291

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2291	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.169 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b2',
    500: '#4d2291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2291;
$custom-light: #8662b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.243,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38255,
    "c": 0.16877,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2291

secondary

#93BB53

accent

#E543A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2291

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

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