#4D2599#4D2599

#4D2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.175 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2599
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, 45.17, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 72.26, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0657 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.175 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4703, 5.2005, 30.6356)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2599 #719925

analogous

#253799 #4D2599 #872599

triadic

#4D2599 #994D25 #25994D

tetradic

#4D2599 #992537 #719925 #259987

square

#4D2599 #992537 #719925 #259987

split-complementary

#4D2599 #998725 #379925

monochromatic

#1B0D36 #341968 #4D2599 #6631CA #8960D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4D2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4D2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2599

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2599	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.175 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b8',
    500: '#4d2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2599;
$custom-light: #8764b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39352,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2599

secondary

#9CBE5C

accent

#E444AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2599

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

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