#4D2488#4D2488

#4D2488 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.156 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2488
RGB	rgb(77, 36, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 40.97, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 63.60, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0707 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.156 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1342, 4.6169, 23.7504)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2488 #5F8824

analogous

#242D88 #4D2488 #7F2488

triadic

#4D2488 #884D24 #24884D

tetradic

#4D2488 #88242D #5F8824 #24887F

square

#4D2488 #88242D #5F8824 #24887F

split-complementary

#4D2488 #887F24 #2D8824

monochromatic

#160A27 #321758 #4D2488 #6831B8 #8855D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4D2488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4D2488 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2488

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2488	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 36, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.156 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ac',
    500: '#4d2488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2488;
$custom-light: #8563ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37697,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2488

secondary

#8DB652

accent

#E146A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2488

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

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