#4D2588#4D2588

#4D2588 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.155 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2588
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 40.45, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 63.04, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0697 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.155 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1649, 4.6783, 23.7606)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2588 #608825

analogous

#252F88 #4D2588 #7F2588

triadic

#4D2588 #884D25 #25884D

tetradic

#4D2588 #88252F #608825 #25887F

square

#4D2588 #88252F #608825 #25887F

split-complementary

#4D2588 #887F25 #2F8825

monochromatic

#170B28 #321858 #4D2588 #6832B8 #8856D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4D2588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4D2588 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2588

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2588	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.155 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ab',
    500: '#4d2588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2588;
$custom-light: #8463ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37827,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2588

secondary

#8EB653

accent

#E047A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2588

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

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