#4D288E#4D288E

#4D288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.158 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D288E
RGB	rgb(77, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 40.55, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 64.63, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0654 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.158 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7005, 5.0481, 26.1019)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D288E #698E28

analogous

#28368E #4D288E #80288E

triadic

#4D288E #8E4D28 #288E4D

tetradic

#4D288E #8E2836 #698E28 #288E80

square

#4D288E #8E2836 #698E28 #288E80

split-complementary

#4D288E #8E8028 #368E28

monochromatic

#190D2F #331B5E #4D288E #6735BE #885FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4D288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4D288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D288E

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D288E	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.158 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b0',
    500: '#4d288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d288e;
$custom-light: #8565b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.765,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38749,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D288E

secondary

#96B75B

accent

#DF48A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D288E

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

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