#4D2A8E#4D2A8E

#4D2A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.156 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2A8E
RGB	rgb(77, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 39.47, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 63.46, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0634 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.156 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.7697, 5.1865, 26.1250)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2A8E #6B8E2A

analogous

#2A398E #4D2A8E #7F2A8E

triadic

#4D2A8E #8E4D2A #2A8E4D

tetradic

#4D2A8E #8E2A39 #6B8E2A #2A8E7F

square

#4D2A8E #8E2A39 #6B8E2A #2A8E7F

split-complementary

#4D2A8E #8E7F2A #398E2A

monochromatic

#1A0E30 #331C5F #4D2A8E #6738BD #8962D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4D2A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4D2A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2A8E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2A8E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.156 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b0',
    500: '#4d2a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2a8e;
$custom-light: #8566b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39026,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2A8E

secondary

#97B65D

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2A8E

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

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