#4D2399#4D2399

#4D2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.177 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2399
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 46.13, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 73.30, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0674 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.177 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4098, 5.0794, 30.6154)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2399 #6F9923

analogous

#233499 #4D2399 #882399

triadic

#4D2399 #994D23 #23994D

tetradic

#4D2399 #992334 #6F9923 #239988

square

#4D2399 #992334 #6F9923 #239988

split-complementary

#4D2399 #998823 #349923

monochromatic

#1B0C35 #341867 #4D2399 #662ECB #895DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4D2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4D2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2399

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2399	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.177 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b8',
    500: '#4d2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2399;
$custom-light: #8763b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39114,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2399

secondary

#9ABE59

accent

#E642AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2399

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

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