#4D2899#4D2899

#4D2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.171 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2899
RGB	rgb(77, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 43.66, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 70.64, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% 0.0631 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.171 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5675, 5.3949, 30.6680)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2899 #749928

analogous

#283B99 #4D2899 #852899

triadic

#4D2899 #994D28 #28994D

tetradic

#4D2899 #99283B #749928 #289985

square

#4D2899 #99283B #749928 #289985

split-complementary

#4D2899 #998528 #3B9928

monochromatic

#1C0F38 #351B68 #4D2899 #6535CA #8A65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#4D2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4D2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2899

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2899	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.171 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b8',
    500: '#4d2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2899;
$custom-light: #8766b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.646,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39728,
    "c": 0.17136,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2899

secondary

#9EBD60

accent

#E246AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2899

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

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