#4D2485#4D2485

#4D2485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.152 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2485
RGB	rgb(77, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 72.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 40.15, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 61.95, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0713 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.152 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9240, 4.5329, 22.6432)
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

#4D2485 #5C8524

analogous

#242B85 #4D2485 #7D2485

triadic

#4D2485 #854D24 #24854D

tetradic

#4D2485 #85242B #5C8524 #24857D

square

#4D2485 #85242B #5C8524 #24857D

split-complementary

#4D2485 #857D24 #2B8524

monochromatic

#150A25 #311755 #4D2485 #6931B5 #8853D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4D2485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4D2485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2485

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2485	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.152 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a9',
    500: '#4d2485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2485;
$custom-light: #8462a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37437,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2485

secondary

#8AB450

accent

#E147A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2485

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

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