#4D229E#4D229E

#4D229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.184 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D229E
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 47.97, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 76.43, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0668 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.184 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8024, 5.1901, 32.8264)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D229E #739E22

analogous

#22359E #4D229E #8B229E

triadic

#4D229E #9E4D22 #229E4D

tetradic

#4D229E #9E2235 #739E22 #229E8B

square

#4D229E #9E2235 #739E22 #229E8B

split-complementary

#4D229E #9E8B22 #359E22

monochromatic

#1C0C39 #34176C #4D229E #662DD0 #8A5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#4D229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4D229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D229E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D229E	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.184 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863bc',
    500: '#4d229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d229e;
$custom-light: #8863bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39474,
    "c": 0.18351,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D229E

secondary

#9EC15B

accent

#E840AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D229E

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

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