#4D2496#4D2496

#4D2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.172 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2496
RGB	rgb(77, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 44.82, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 71.18, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0674 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.172 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.1949, 5.0412, 29.3368)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2496 #6D9624

analogous

#243496 #4D2496 #862496

triadic

#4D2496 #964D24 #24964D

tetradic

#4D2496 #962434 #6D9624 #249686

square

#4D2496 #962434 #6D9624 #249686

split-complementary

#4D2496 #968624 #349624

monochromatic

#1A0C33 #341865 #4D2496 #6630C7 #895CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#4D2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4D2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2496

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2496	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.172 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b6',
    500: '#4d2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2496;
$custom-light: #8663b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38953,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2496

secondary

#99BD59

accent

#E443AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2496

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

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