#4D2495#4D2495

#4D2495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.171 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2495
RGB	rgb(77, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 44.55, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 70.64, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0676 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.171 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1148, 5.0092, 28.9146)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2495 #6C9524

analogous

#243495 #4D2495 #862495

triadic

#4D2495 #954D24 #24954D

tetradic

#4D2495 #952434 #6C9524 #249586

square

#4D2495 #952434 #6C9524 #249586

split-complementary

#4D2495 #958624 #349524

monochromatic

#1A0C32 #341864 #4D2495 #6630C6 #895CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4D2495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4D2495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2495

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2495	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)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.171 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b5',
    500: '#4d2495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2495;
$custom-light: #8663b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38861,
    "c": 0.17118,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2495

secondary

#98BC59

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2495

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

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