#4D2589#4D2589

#4D2589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.156 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2589
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 73%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 40.73, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 63.59, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0695 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.156 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2363, 4.7069, 24.1366)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2589 #618925

analogous

#252F89 #4D2589 #7F2589

triadic

#4D2589 #894D25 #25894D

tetradic

#4D2589 #89252F #618925 #25897F

square

#4D2589 #89252F #618925 #25897F

split-complementary

#4D2589 #897F25 #2F8925

monochromatic

#170B29 #321859 #4D2589 #6832B9 #8857D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4D2589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4D2589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2589

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2589	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.156 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ac',
    500: '#4d2589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2589;
$custom-light: #8563ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37914,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2589

secondary

#8FB654

accent

#E147A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2589

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

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