#4D229D#4D229D

#4D229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.182 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D229D
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 47.70, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 75.91, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.0671 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.182 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7167, 5.1558, 32.3749)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D229D #729D22

analogous

#22349D #4D229D #8B229D

triadic

#4D229D #9D4D22 #229D4D

tetradic

#4D229D #9D2234 #729D22 #229D8B

square

#4D229D #9D2234 #729D22 #229D8B

split-complementary

#4D229D #9D8B22 #349D22

monochromatic

#1C0C38 #34176B #4D229D #662DCF #8A5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4D229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4D229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D229D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D229D	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.182 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862bb',
    500: '#4d229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d229d;
$custom-light: #8862bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.976,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39379,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D229D

secondary

#9DC15A

accent

#E740AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D229D

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

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