#4D2999#4D2999

#4D2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.170 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2999
RGB	rgb(77, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 43.14, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 70.08, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0622 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.17 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6016, 5.4632, 30.6794)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2999 #759929

analogous

#293D99 #4D2999 #852999

triadic

#4D2999 #994D29 #29994D

tetradic

#4D2999 #99293D #759929 #299985

square

#4D2999 #99293D #759929 #299985

split-complementary

#4D2999 #998529 #3D9929

monochromatic

#1C0F38 #351C69 #4D2999 #6536C9 #8A66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#4D2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4D2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2999

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2999	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.170 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b8',
    500: '#4d2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2999;
$custom-light: #8666b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39858,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2999

secondary

#9FBC62

accent

#E147AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2999

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

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