#4D2587#4D2587

#4D2587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.154 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2587
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 40.18, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 62.49, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.0699 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.154 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0942, 4.6500, 23.3881)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2587 #5F8725

analogous

#252E87 #4D2587 #7E2587

triadic

#4D2587 #874D25 #25874D

tetradic

#4D2587 #87252E #5F8725 #25877E

square

#4D2587 #87252E #5F8725 #25877E

split-complementary

#4D2587 #877E25 #2E8725

monochromatic

#160B27 #321857 #4D2587 #6832B7 #8856D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4D2587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4D2587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2587

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2587	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.154 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ab',
    500: '#4d2587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2587;
$custom-light: #8463ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37741,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2587

secondary

#8DB553

accent

#E048A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2587

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

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