#4D2497#4D2497

#4D2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.173 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2497
RGB	rgb(77, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 45.10, -55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 71.71, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0671 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.173 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2758, 5.0736, 29.7627)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2497 #6E9724

analogous

#243597 #4D2497 #872497

triadic

#4D2497 #974D24 #24974D

tetradic

#4D2497 #972435 #6E9724 #249787

square

#4D2497 #972435 #6E9724 #249787

split-complementary

#4D2497 #978724 #359724

monochromatic

#1B0C34 #341866 #4D2497 #6630C8 #895DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4D2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4D2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2497

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2497	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.173 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b7',
    500: '#4d2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2497;
$custom-light: #8763b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.391,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39046,
    "c": 0.17348,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2497

secondary

#9ABD5A

accent

#E543AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2497

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

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