#4D2889#4D2889

#4D2889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.152 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2889
RGB	rgb(77, 40, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 39.14, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 61.86, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0663 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.152 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3335, 4.9013, 24.1690)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2889 #648928

analogous

#283389 #4D2889 #7E2889

triadic

#4D2889 #894D28 #28894D

tetradic

#4D2889 #892833 #648928 #28897E

square

#4D2889 #892833 #648928 #28897E

split-complementary

#4D2889 #897E28 #338928

monochromatic

#180C2A #321A5A #4D2889 #6836B8 #885CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4D2889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4D2889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2889

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2889	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 40, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.152 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465ac',
    500: '#4d2889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2889;
$custom-light: #8465ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.887,
    "s": 54.802,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38319,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2889

secondary

#91B558

accent

#DE4AA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2889

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

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