#4D2397#4D2397

#4D2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.175 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2397
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 45.58, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 72.23, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.068 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.175 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2460, 5.0139, 29.7528)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2397 #6D9723

analogous

#233397 #4D2397 #872397

triadic

#4D2397 #974D23 #23974D

tetradic

#4D2397 #972333 #6D9723 #239787

square

#4D2397 #972333 #6D9723 #239787

split-complementary

#4D2397 #978723 #339723

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #341765 #4D2397 #662FC9 #895BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4D2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4D2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2397

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2397	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.175 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b7',
    500: '#4d2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2397;
$custom-light: #8763b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38927,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2397

secondary

#99BE58

accent

#E542AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2397

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

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