#4D3081#4D3081

#4D3081 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.131 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3081
RGB	rgb(77, 48, 129)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.51, 32.30, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.51, 52.35, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0579 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.131 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0789, 5.2765, 21.3574)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3081 #648130

analogous

#303C81 #4D3081 #753081

triadic

#4D3081 #814D30 #30814D

tetradic

#4D3081 #81303C #648130 #308175

square

#4D3081 #81303C #648130 #308175

split-complementary

#4D3081 #817530 #3C8130

monochromatic

#180F28 #321F54 #4D3081 #6841AE #8866C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#4D3081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4D3081 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3081

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3081	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 48, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.131 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa6',
    500: '#4d3081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3081;
$custom-light: #836aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.481,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38885,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3081

secondary

#91AD60

accent

#D552A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3081

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

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