#4D2386#4D2386

#4D2386 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.155 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2386
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 40.93, -47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 63.06, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0721 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.155 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9636, 4.5009, 22.9988)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2386 #5C8623

analogous

#232A86 #4D2386 #7E2386

triadic

#4D2386 #864D23 #23864D

tetradic

#4D2386 #86232A #5C8623 #23867E

square

#4D2386 #86232A #5C8623 #23867E

split-complementary

#4D2386 #867E23 #2A8623

monochromatic

#150A25 #311655 #4D2386 #6930B7 #8852D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4D2386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4D2386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2386

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2386	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.155 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462aa',
    500: '#4d2386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2386;
$custom-light: #8462aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37394,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2386

secondary

#8AB54F

accent

#E246A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2386

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

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