#4D2387#4D2387

#4D2387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.156 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2387
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 41.20, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 63.60, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0719 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.156 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0336, 4.5290, 23.3679)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2387 #5D8723

analogous

#232B87 #4D2387 #7F2387

triadic

#4D2387 #874D23 #23874D

tetradic

#4D2387 #87232B #5D8723 #23877F

square

#4D2387 #87232B #5D8723 #23877F

split-complementary

#4D2387 #877F23 #2B8723

monochromatic

#160A26 #311656 #4D2387 #6930B8 #8852D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4D2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4D2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2387

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2387	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.156 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ab',
    500: '#4d2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2387;
$custom-light: #8462ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37482,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2387

secondary

#8BB650

accent

#E246A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2387

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

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