#4D2AA3#4D2AA3

#4D2AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.181 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2AA3
RGB	rgb(77, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 45.49, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 74.93, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.059 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.181 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.4975, 5.8776, 35.2246)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2AA3 #80A32A

analogous

#2A44A3 #4D2AA3 #892AA3

triadic

#4D2AA3 #A34D2A #2AA34D

tetradic

#4D2AA3 #A32A44 #80A32A #2AA389

square

#4D2AA3 #A32A44 #80A32A #2AA389

split-complementary

#4D2AA3 #A3892A #44A32A

monochromatic

#1F1142 #361D72 #4D2AA3 #673DCD #8D6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4D2AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4D2AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2AA3

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2AA3	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.181 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bf',
    500: '#4d2aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2aa3;
$custom-light: #8867bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.355,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40903,
    "c": 0.18096,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2AA3

secondary

#A7C068

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2AA3

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

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