#4D2DAA#4D2DAA

#4D2DAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.186 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2DAA
RGB	rgb(77, 45, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 45.97, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 77.02, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.0548 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.186 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2525, 6.3562, 38.6564)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2DAA #8AAA2D

analogous

#2D4BAA #4D2DAA #8C2DAA

triadic

#4D2DAA #AA4D2D #2DAA4D

tetradic

#4D2DAA #AA2D4B #8AAA2D #2DAA8C

square

#4D2DAA #AA2D4B #8AAA2D #2DAA8C

split-complementary

#4D2DAA #AA8C2D #4BAA2D

monochromatic

#211349 #37207A #4D2DAA #6946CE #9077DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4D2DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4D2DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2DAA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2DAA	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 45, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.186 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c4',
    500: '#4d2daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2daa;
$custom-light: #8969c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.36,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41942,
    "c": 0.186,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2DAA

secondary

#AEC370

accent

#E146BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2DAA

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

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