#4D2B99#4D2B99

#4D2B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.168 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2B99
RGB	rgb(77, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 42.09, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 68.95, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0603 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.168 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6726, 5.6051, 30.7031)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2B99 #77992B

analogous

#2B4099 #4D2B99 #842B99

triadic

#4D2B99 #994D2B #2B994D

tetradic

#4D2B99 #992B40 #77992B #2B9984

square

#4D2B99 #992B40 #77992B #2B9984

split-complementary

#4D2B99 #99842B #40992B

monochromatic

#1D1039 #351E69 #4D2B99 #663AC8 #8B69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4D2B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4D2B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2B99

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2B99	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.168 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b8',
    500: '#4d2b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2b99;
$custom-light: #8667b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40126,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2B99

secondary

#A1BC64

accent

#DF48B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2B99

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

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