#4D2C97#4D2C97

#4D2C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.164 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2C97
RGB	rgb(77, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 40.97, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 67.27, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0597 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.164 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5456, 5.6132, 29.8526)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2C97 #76972C

analogous

#2C4097 #4D2C97 #822C97

triadic

#4D2C97 #974D2C #2C974D

tetradic

#4D2C97 #972C40 #76972C #2C9782

square

#4D2C97 #972C40 #76972C #2C9782

split-complementary

#4D2C97 #97822C #40972C

monochromatic

#1D1038 #351E68 #4D2C97 #653AC6 #8A6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4D2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4D2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2C97

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2C97	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.164 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b6',
    500: '#4d2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2c97;
$custom-light: #8668b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.505,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40088,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2C97

secondary

#A0BA65

accent

#DE4AB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2C97

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

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