#4D308B#4D308B

#4D308B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.144 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D308B
RGB	rgb(77, 48, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 35.21, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 58.09, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0572 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.144 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7765, 5.5555, 25.0310)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D308B #6E8B30

analogous

#30418B #4D308B #7B308B

triadic

#4D308B #8B4D30 #308B4D

tetradic

#4D308B #8B3041 #6E8B30 #308B7B

square

#4D308B #8B3041 #6E8B30 #308B7B

split-complementary

#4D308B #8B7B30 #418B30

monochromatic

#1B1130 #34205E #4D308B #6640B8 #896ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4D308B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4D308B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D308B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D308B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D308B	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d308b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 48, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.144 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846aae',
    500: '#4d308b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d308b;
$custom-light: #846aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d308b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.121,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39672,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D308B

secondary

#9AB364

accent

#D850AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D308B

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

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