#4D2383#4D2383

#4D2383 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.151 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2383
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 40.12, -46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 61.41, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0727 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.151 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7573, 4.4184, 21.9125)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2383 #598323

analogous

#232983 #4D2383 #7D2383

triadic

#4D2383 #834D23 #23834D

tetradic

#4D2383 #832329 #598323 #23837D

square

#4D2383 #832329 #598323 #23837D

split-complementary

#4D2383 #837D23 #298323

monochromatic

#140922 #311653 #4D2383 #6930B3 #8850D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4D2383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4D2383 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2383

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2383	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)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.151 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a8',
    500: '#4d2383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2383;
$custom-light: #8462a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37135,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2383

secondary

#87B44E

accent

#E1479E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2383

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

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