#4D2585#4D2585

#4D2585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.151 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2585
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 39.63, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 61.39, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0703 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.151 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9547, 4.5942, 22.6534)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2585 #5D8525

analogous

#252D85 #4D2585 #7D2585

triadic

#4D2585 #854D25 #25854D

tetradic

#4D2585 #85252D #5D8525 #25857D

square

#4D2585 #85252D #5D8525 #25857D

split-complementary

#4D2585 #857D25 #2D8525

monochromatic

#160A25 #311855 #4D2585 #6932B5 #8855D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#4D2585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4D2585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2585

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2585	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.151 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a9',
    500: '#4d2585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2585;
$custom-light: #8463a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37569,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2585

secondary

#8BB452

accent

#E048A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2585

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

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